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A Peek Into The Large Hadron Collider
By Virginia Prescott on Monday, August 4, 2008.
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Right now, buried beneath the border between Switzerland and France, scientists are getting ready to flip the switch on the most powerful atom smasher ever built. The Large Hadron Collider will offer insights into the inner-workings of atoms and the fundamental nature of matter. Some people say the machine will create a giant black hole that could swallow up humanity - scientists assure us that this won’t be the case.
But even without the rumors of this being a doomsday machine, the collider still conjures images of sci-fi films and fantasy. Producer Eric Molinsky looked into the colorful and complex design of the largest machine on the planet, and he filed this story for public radio's Studio 360.
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Um, what kind of technology is powerful enough to create a black hole or re-create the Beginning of our universe? Are you sure they should "flip the switch"? Just cause it's 300 feet underground, what good is that? And if it is not dangerous to humanity and Earth (and all it's other inhabitants), then why is it 300 ft underground?
Hmmm, sounds like some huge incredible egos got together, and now look what they think they are going to do. If we are right, no problem, if we are wrong, we all die. Who decided this, and why can't we debate and decide whether or not they can do this? America's Congress shot this down in 1993, so they decided to build it elsewhere. This is TERRORISM, in the extreme. Hellooooo? America's and Europe's presidents needs to destroy this thing and fast.