Just so you all know, it's already been activated and nothing bad has happened.

The energies involved in these experiments are epic compared to what has been studied under careful lab conditions before.  However, it's no more than the cosmic rays which bombard Earth every day.  So zero chance of a world-destroying event here. 

Fortunately, it's not as easy to make a doomsday device as sci-fi movies make it out to be

Also, even if there were a 1 in 50 million chance of destroying the world, on average that's only 120 people who die per Large Hadron Collider.  A small price to pay for the advancement of science

Torgamous:

For updates on the LHC, please check http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/

(Also, all this hoopla is a drop in the bucket compared to the first test of an atomic bomb.  The world's top physicists had just agreed a few weeks before that it was "unlikely" an atomic bomb would set the atmosphere on fire.)

You must admit, it's very "Asimov".

First thing that popped into my head when I read the article was his positron pump from The Gods Themselves, and the way all the scientists carry on with the experiment, since the potential gains outweight the unlikely losses.

I wonder what he'd think of all this?

You win an Internet.

if it destroyed the world it would've likely violated several laws of physics.......no scientists would be around to give a shit though

Not so neutral after all, are we swiss?

I just start the machine today, they don't start bombing atoms untill later this year =(

The LHC smashes particles together, creating alot of energy. As this energy expands, there is nothing to fill the space in between, and so anti-matter is made. So yes, they WILL be making black holes, but the black holes will only be on earth for a millionth millionth of a second, and will be the size of other particles. Not exactly the earth-eating sized monstrosity everyone makes it out to be. The only thing that could go wrong is that the particles acccidently split instead, creating a nuke. This would be very bad for the health and safety of the scientists..... and switzerland for that matter. Not to mention that this is a $10 billion science fair experiment..... Remember, they are using Hydrogen, so it could be a hydrogen bomb. But that is very unlikely, as they are only using the protons from hydrogen.... Not an actual hydrogen molecule. I read somewhere that they described it something like this:

"Its like throwing billions of wind-up watches at each other, so that they smash into their many componants, and then observing the broken parts on the ground to try and understand how the watch works"

Another thing that MAY go wrong is that they 'lose' the mini black hole they created. If they make it, and it is unexpectidly stable, it may not just 'dissapear'..... and will be drawn in by earths gravity and sink to the core of the earth...... slowly eating away at the core. But remember, its the size of atoms.... so it wouldnt exactly be eating very much of the earth....

The worst part about believing in doomsday is that when you're finally right there's no one left to say "I told you so" to.

Not that I personally believe in a doomsday, this way or otherwise, but it's something to think about.

ALSO: REM - It's The End of The World As We Know It

yes, retarded emo monkeys are going to kill us all

Meh, they said that about the hydrogen bomb...and genetic engineering...heck, they probably said that about fire.

Go Science!

That is all.

Well, they turned it on, but haven't smashed anything yet, so the black hole isn't really possible until next month when the "real" stuff starts. Not that I think anything will happen, but there's still a reason to be scared.

And don't forget 2012 is right down the road. There are plenty of apocalyptic scenarios you have no control over. So relax.

come on they have lots of these accelerators on the world, ok not this big, but there are and if they say it wont go wrong then it wont(hope so), why would they destroy everything? i think theres a bigger chance that we destroy ourselves long before a black hole does(again i hope neither one happens)

I shall go tell all my friends.

Thank you.

*weeps with joy*

PHEW WE ARE ALIVE. LETS HOPE WHEN THEY ACTUALLY COLLIDE THE ATOMS (THEY HAVENT YET, JUST TESTED A BEAM GOING BY ITSELF) WE WILL STILL BE ALIVE.

If a black hole does occur, at least we would all be dead before we knew what happened.

i aint takin no chances, im gettin drunk 'n stoned like never before.

so that even if i would notice being sucked towards Switserland for some nanosecond or something i'd be to drunk and passed out to notice.

and if nothing happens like im sure will be the case, i at least had one hell of a night.

besides, its just another fairly good excuse to get wasted.

You get second prize, the Internet for an hour

I hope no black holes happen, cause I haven't even lostmy virginity.

THNX! I'll drink to that

Have I posted here yet

You know there is something wrong when Switzerland has the power to destroy the Earth . . .

What is going to be gained from this endeavor?

O what to do, what to do before its over? ... ...Listen to some Zeppelin and follow 44RS's exampleXD

huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh?????????????? 

I don't remember where I saw it, but Sephen Hawkings, world's greatest physicist, says that it won't make a black hole....

Sorry to spoil the fun.

Plus, a 100 solar-mass sun explodes = black hole.  I'm pretty sure that 2 particles aren't going to do it...

well, uhh... did you happen to read that this thing has the same amount of power as the big bang?? cheers to a good run fellas