Ya just gotta love scientists...

[Roland Coppens]

"Scientists Not So Sure 'Doomsday Machine' Won't Destroy The World"


I love this bit from the scientists involved, and FoxNews' response:

"We conclude that...the growth of black holes to catastrophic size does not seem possible."

"FoxNews.com can think of a few other things that didn't seem possible once — the theory of continental drift, the fact that rocks fall from the sky, the notion that the Earth revolves around the sun, the idea that scientists could be horribly wrong."


But this part here is what just slays me:

"If the worst comes to pass, and there's now a slightly greater chance that it might, at least it might explain why we've never heard from extraterrestrial civilizations: Maybe they built Large Hadron Colliders of their own."

[Harry]

I refuse to worry about it, and FoxNews ain't gonna make me...

[Roland Coppens]

Originally Posted by Harry

I refuse to worry about it, and FoxNews ain't gonna make me...

What, and let the smilie wither from disuse...?

[Harry]

That's a good one, but I've got three or four favorites when I use them at all...

[steve68steve]

I seem to remember hearing that during the Manhattan Project, there was some concern that when they got the cascade reaction going it might not stop.

[Harry]

This is true, although they thought it was unlikely. That's basically how a hydrogen bomb works, I think. There was so much secrecy about the project most people didn't know about it until after Hiroshima. Both of my parents worked at Hanford in support jobs and my dad used to say they didn't know what was being done.

[Roland Coppens]

Originally Posted by steve68steve

I seem to remember hearing that during the Manhattan Project, there was some concern that when they got the cascade reaction going it might not stop.

The very thought went through my head too, neighbor.

I also have some hazy recollection about something similar being said about what might happen when the sound barrier was reached...