Senor Perrito del Burrito says: We're all gonna die. I don't know if you've been following news on the Large Hadron Collider, but it was reported yesterday that a couple of physicists actually believe it's trying to destroy itself. From the future. Word is, this Higgs boson they've been hoping to coax forth might be:
"So abhorrent to nature that its creation would ripple backward through time and stop the collider before it could make one, like a time traveller who goes back in time to kill his grandfather."
Maybe it's just me, but if you build a device that can create sentient subatomic particles which are capable of travelling back in time to prevent themselves from being discovered, perhaps it's a good idea to, you know, take the hint. It's ok, Dr. Freeman. I don't mind that you wasted six billion dollars. You learned your lesson and nobody's angry with you. just put down the crowbar and step away.
That way we'll get to stick around long enough to go out the way nature intended, as part of a widespread zombie apocalypse. The point is, we don't have much time, kids. You'd better get your FRIDAY on.
In other news, there's been a recent surge in the number of people who are doubling down. If I may direct your attention toward this forum thread for people who think I'm not such a bad guy after all, a bit of a challenge has been issued. Double down, submit proof that you have done so, and earn yourself a sweet new forum badge. Be it high-speed subatomic particle manipulation or low-speed sammich engineering, you too can contribute to the wonderful world of SCIENCE.
TSo getting this higgs thing wouldnt just destroy the universe at that point, but destroy the universe; past present and future. Any version of the universe in the multiverse which exists would thefor have to be one where they never found it, or technical problems constantly prevented its existance. The version of events where we exist, by merit of existing, must be one where we dont manage to get it (if the Higgs boson does indeed unravel the universe).
So this thing cant possibly destroy the entire universe, or else we wouldnt be around to make it. What it could do is destory a very big part of the universe. But atleast we have the all meat burger, we wont be beating that achievement so might aswell give up and blow up now.
Well anything could possibly happen... it could destroy the exact opposite side of the universe if there is one, or it could destroy this part of the universe and time would go on, so we wouldnt know until it actually happens, then we would cease to exist. Or it could suck our planet up and spit us out in the Delta quadrant and we'd hafta battle the Borg!
Since black holes not destroying the Earth (Yes, like Vulcan in Star Trek) depends on the existence of Hawking Radiation, it is possible that Stephen Hawking is leading everybody on and infact plans to destroy the world for some reason. Suicide overkill perhaps.
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9:00 AM on 10.16.2009
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Can't wait for the Larger Hadron Collider to fire up, will it kill all life on Earth? Let's flip the switch and find out!
and thanks for the reminder to not eat at kfc ever again.
So this thing cant possibly destroy the entire universe, or else we wouldnt be around to make it. What it could do is destory a very big part of the universe. But atleast we have the all meat burger, we wont be beating that achievement so might aswell give up and blow up now.
Because of FRIDAY!
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Also, FRIDAY.
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