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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	[quote="db"][quote]"For the first time in many decades we have built a machine that exceeds our powers of prediction"[/quote] Is that scary, or is it just me ?[/quote] My knowledge of the particle physics field in general is a couple years out of date, so I'll try and keep my comments at a high enough level that I don't stick my foot in my mouth :) Just a little scary, however, it's not like they were doing this blind and haven't thought about the possibilities. There are lots and lots of theories of what there is and what there could be (M Theory, String Theory, Superstrings, 12 dimensions, 13 dimensions, combinations of these, etc), most of which gain popularity and settle with it's crowd while another theory is developed. There just hasn't been sufficient evidence to support any one theory entirely, everything has been on paper, crunching numbers. The LHC will finally let us see what we've been talking about for years now. [quote="db"][quote] Scientists aim to reproduce miniature versions of the so-called Big Bang, which is thought to have started the universe.[/quote] Didn`t the First One, by definition, have to be a miniature one also ? Just look what`s happened to THAT one since then.[/quote] "Miniature" in physical size and dimensions, yes, the first one was, however the amount of energy is by no means "miniature." The LHC will be creating big bangs with comparatively miniscule amounts of energy. I think it's absolutely amazing what this accelerator will be able to do. I can't wait :) I would absolutely love to be able to work at CERN and with the LHC. I have a feeling they're gonna find some insanely amazing things (the Higgs Boson, Supersymmetry, maybe something we haven't even began to think of yet). The computer graphics department at the Discovery channel is gonna have a real hard time keeping up with this :) -- Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature. [small](Edited by [url=http://www.ozoneasylum.com/user/2268]Lord_Fukutoku[/url] on 09-21-2006 16:12)[/small] Loading...
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