ok, sorry bout the lack of posts, but we are testing 3 kits from Edmunds Scientific, so prepare for a large review. However, this testing does not stop me from ranting about certain things that, well, make me rant. Remember that long post I had on black holes, crazy people with their signs against neutrinos? (How could you forget that?)
Now, reinforcing that. The Large Hadron Collider is under construction. It is a particle accelerator that is 17 miles long, located at CERN. It makes things go zooom around its circle and finally make them run into something. (thats total oversimplification…but…)
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The Lifeboat Foundation, which is nonprofit, is “devoted to safeguarding humanity from what it ocnsiders threats to our existence.” Ya know, thats great, really. Its a noble cause. one problem though. how?
It declares that artificial black holes could “threaten all life on Earth.” You know…i would never have thought of that. Oh, sorry, its not all black holes, its only artificial ones? Really?!
So that means, those black holes that are around our galaxy dont really count. Their solution to scientists creating black holes on Earth is to make more Earths. profound…visionary…now, lets see where these colonies are eh?
First of all, they dont want the Earth to be swallowed up. Good. I don’t either. Their official mission is to protect humanity from threats or dangers. Lets see now, what are you going to do about the SUN? Its going to go blow up later. We arent worrying about that…how bout the rogue asteroid? How bout some random insane person blowing up the world using existing technology? (that actually works?) Lets compare the threat from that, and to these “mini black holes” which vaporize within such a small fraction of a second, that I would have to write it in scientific notation. In other words, it is not going to be able to do anything. In the off hand that it actually does exist longer than that, here is the catch: such small black holes have so little mass that their apparent volume is so minuscule, that it sucks matter at a remarkably small rate.
According to a few physicists, such a black hole would be able to consume one proton in 100 hours. Thats only the first one. It slows down as it takes more mass. For such a black hole to destroy , say a gram of mass, it would take longer than the age of the universe. So, please…if you still believe that these mini black holes are going to end the world, I have a question, are you made up of, just…one proton? Because if you are, then you have reason to worry. (YOU ARENT)
And also, generally, a nonprofit organization is a good thing, their trying to help the world, but seriously, when you try to help, know what you are doing. Please.
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