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Re: Soo...we're all going to die...apparently

Postby koop on Mon Sep 08, 2008 8:02 pm

Frigidus wrote:
fireedud wrote:Actually the chances of the black hole happening are akin to winning the lottery, then getting struck by lightning.


Question: Forgive me for being bad with science, but how exactly is there a probability of forming a black hole? I mean, seems to me that when you do something it either does or does not form a black hole, not possibly form a black hole. Are we talking about the odds of me walking through a wall kind of odds or what? What kind of number juggling led to this possibility?


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Re: Soo...we're all going to die...apparently

Postby Frigidus on Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:30 pm

koop wrote:
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fireedud wrote:Actually the chances of the black hole happening are akin to winning the lottery, then getting struck by lightning.


Question: Forgive me for being bad with science, but how exactly is there a probability of forming a black hole? I mean, seems to me that when you do something it either does or does not form a black hole, not possibly form a black hole. Are we talking about the odds of me walking through a wall kind of odds or what? What kind of number juggling led to this possibility?


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That's a 100% chance, I think you might be a bit off there.
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Re: Soo...we're all going to die...apparently

Postby Ditocoaf on Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:48 pm

Frigidus wrote:
fireedud wrote:Actually the chances of the black hole happening are akin to winning the lottery, then getting struck by lightning.


Question: Forgive me for being bad with science, but how exactly is there a probability of forming a black hole? I mean, seems to me that when you do something it either does or does not form a black hole, not possibly form a black hole. Are we talking about the odds of me walking through a wall kind of odds or what? What kind of number juggling led to this possibility?

They don't know what is going to happen, exactly, which is why they're doing experiments in the first place. One minor hypothesis is that something could happen (I'm not going to go into the details) that might cause nuclear density, causing a black hole. This isn't something that the people involved actually think has any chance of happening, but it's one thing that was proposed. Of course the press picks up on the most "interesting" possibilities (read "sensational"). Some scientist tried to ease fears by naming a probability that something like that actually would happen -- his figure happened to be comparable to the probability of winning the lottery -- forgetting that non-scientists have a completely different idea of probability, as evidenced by lotteries. So now people are purposefully ignoring the fact that there are a lot more idiots than hadron large hadron colliders, and panicking for no reason.
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Re: Soo...we're all going to die...apparently

Postby black elk speaks on Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:58 pm

fireedud wrote:Actually the chances of the black hole happening are akin to winning the lottery, then getting struck by lightning.


ahem... these are two things that happen.

the fact that they do not know what will happen is the most disturbing factor in this stupid experiment. Why does humanity have to explore to the very fringes of the unknown? is not a simple life enough? I hope that the earth is swallowed up in a fucking black hole. its full of retards, all stupid and lost on the quest for answers when they aught to be spending time learning about themselves. f*ck you you goddamn scientists. f*ck you very much!
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Re: Soo...we're all going to die...apparently

Postby Skittles! on Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:59 pm

Exploring the unknown is much better than being stuck in the dark, but that's just my opinion.
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Re: Soo...we're all going to die...apparently

Postby e_i_pi on Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:04 pm

fireedud wrote:Actually the chances of the black hole happening are akin to winning the lottery, then getting struck by lightning.

Ahem... http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,367249,00.html
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Re: Soo...we're all going to die...apparently

Postby black elk speaks on Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:15 pm

Skittles! wrote:Exploring the unknown is much better than being stuck in the dark, but that's just my opinion.


yeah, i think not. I would rather have a simple life away from all the goddamn pollutants that infest our environment. more bad has come from invention than good.
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Re: Soo...we're all going to die...apparently

Postby Skittles! on Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:19 pm

black elk speaks wrote:
Skittles! wrote:Exploring the unknown is much better than being stuck in the dark, but that's just my opinion.


yeah, i think not. I would rather have a simple life away from all the goddamn pollutants that infest our environment. more bad has come from invention than good.

Does that include the invention of religion? ;)
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Re: Soo...we're all going to die...apparently

Postby jonesthecurl on Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:20 pm

t-o-m wrote:
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jnd94 wrote:lol, I doubt scientists would do something that only had catastrophic decisions.


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Re: Soo...we're all going to die...apparently

Postby jonesthecurl on Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:21 pm

Skittles! wrote:
black elk speaks wrote:
Skittles! wrote:Exploring the unknown is much better than being stuck in the dark, but that's just my opinion.


yeah, i think not. I would rather have a simple life away from all the goddamn pollutants that infest our environment. more bad has come from invention than good.

Does that include the invention of religion? ;)


oh, religion? That evolved.
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Re: Soo...we're all going to die...apparently

Postby Ditocoaf on Tue Sep 09, 2008 2:42 am

black elk speaks wrote:
fireedud wrote:Actually the chances of the black hole happening are akin to winning the lottery, then getting struck by lightning.


ahem... these are two things that happen.

yes, because if 10 billion people play the lottery, a 1 in 10 billion thing will happen. The likelihood of YOU winning the lottery is very small. There aren't millions of hadron colliders.

the fact that they do not know what will happen is the most disturbing factor in this stupid experiment.

What would be the point of an experiment where you already know the outcome?
Why does humanity have to explore to the very fringes of the unknown? is not a simple life enough?

The persuit of knowledge is one of the most noble things humanity can do. Go smoke crack and live in a cave if you want to know nothing and abandon science.
I hope that the earth is swallowed up in a fucking black hole. its full of retards, all stupid and lost on the quest for answers when they aught to be spending time learning about themselves. f*ck you you goddamn scientists. f*ck you very much!

whatever. I'm glad people like you aren't in charge... oh wait shit...
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Re: Soo...we're all going to die...apparently

Postby Ditocoaf on Tue Sep 09, 2008 2:43 am

And, again, people need to read this, as apparently noone did.

Ditocoaf wrote:
Frigidus wrote:
fireedud wrote:Actually the chances of the black hole happening are akin to winning the lottery, then getting struck by lightning.


Question: Forgive me for being bad with science, but how exactly is there a probability of forming a black hole? I mean, seems to me that when you do something it either does or does not form a black hole, not possibly form a black hole. Are we talking about the odds of me walking through a wall kind of odds or what? What kind of number juggling led to this possibility?

They don't know what is going to happen, exactly, which is why they're doing experiments in the first place. One minor hypothesis is that something could happen (I'm not going to go into the details) that might cause nuclear density, causing a black hole. This isn't something that the people involved actually think has any chance of happening, but it's one thing that was proposed. Of course the press picks up on the most "interesting" possibilities (read "sensational"). Some scientist tried to ease fears by naming a probability that something like that actually would happen -- his figure happened to be comparable to the probability of winning the lottery -- forgetting that non-scientists have a completely different idea of probability, as evidenced by lotteries. So now people are purposefully ignoring the fact that there are a lot more idiots than hadron large hadron colliders, and panicking for no reason.
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Re: Soo...we're all going to die...apparently

Postby Minister Masket on Tue Sep 09, 2008 4:48 am

Looks like some people didn't read the topic at hand properly. Allow a humble mad scientist to put you lot to rights.

A) Actually the scientists there are thinking that black holes will be created during the experiment, but they will be so small and unstable that they will disappear instantly.

B) You can neither see a black hole, nor will it be painful to fall into one. All your atoms will be ripped apart at the speed of light. Whether they rearrange on the other side is another matter....

C) This experiment isn't just to find the Higgs Particle. Some "spin-off" results could mean cures for cancer, plus a way to dispose of nuclear waste cleanly.
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Re: Soo...we're all going to die...apparently

Postby black elk speaks on Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:19 am

Minister Masket wrote:Looks like some people didn't read the topic at hand properly. Allow a humble mad scientist to put you lot to rights.

A) Actually the scientists there are thinking that black holes will be created during the experiment, but they will be so small and unstable that they will disappear instantly.

B) You can neither see a black hole, nor will it be painful to fall into one. All your atoms will be ripped apart at the speed of light. Whether they rearrange on the other side is another matter....

C) This experiment isn't just to find the Higgs Particle. Some "spin-off" results could mean cures for cancer, plus a way to dispose of nuclear waste cleanly.


thats nice.

A. they still have no real idea what will happen. no one has ever created a black hole, so how can there be any predictions as to the outcome of having created one.

B. relevance? what does it matter if it hurts or not? you still no longer exist.

C. what if the cure is worse than the disease.

and to Ditocoaf, i say this:

there have been some "good" inventions. I don't consider the automobile, cloning or the Nuclear bomb to be considered among the greatest of man's achievements. once something is learned, it cannot be unlearned, nor can it be kept from the general populous. there are some things that should not be tampered with.
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Re: Soo...we're all going to die...apparently

Postby Skittles! on Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:21 am

Actually, something can be unlearned.

Consider the use of papyrus as an example. Romans killed everyone [which were the Egyptian priests] who knew how to make papyrus. We still don't know how it is made today. So it is unlearned, in a sense

To be serious, I understood what you meant by cannot be unlearned.
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Re: Soo...we're all going to die...apparently

Postby black elk speaks on Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:41 am

Skittles! wrote:Actually, something can be unlearned.

Consider the use of papyrus as an example. Romans killed everyone [which were the Egyptian priests] who knew how to make papyrus. We still don't know how it is made today. So it is unlearned, in a sense

To be serious, I understood what you meant by cannot be unlearned.


i think that you actually make my point. to concede, i can suggest that the only way to unlearn something it to kill all that have learned it.
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Re: Soo...we're all going to die...apparently

Postby Skittles! on Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:54 am

Does that mean we get to kill about 1/2 of the worlds pop? If not more?
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Re: Soo...we're all going to die...apparently

Postby jonesthecurl on Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:13 am

My son is good at unlearning - he learnt the difference beween mean, mode and median last year at school, but after two and a half months oof summer break he had no idea, as I discovered the other night.
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Re: Soo...we're all going to die...apparently

Postby Skittles! on Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:16 am

jonesthecurl wrote:My son is good at unlearning - he learnt the difference beween mean, mode and median last year at school, but after two and a half months oof summer break he had no idea, as I discovered the other night.

That's happened to me a few times. Finally, I actually know it all, so I'm fine, if that makes you feel any better.

Children are like that though.. You have to admit that mean, medium, mode and range are fucking boring.
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Re: Soo...we're all going to die...apparently

Postby jnd94 on Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:17 am

I tried to unlearn that shit. Im never goin to need to know that.
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Re: Soo...we're all going to die...apparently

Postby jonesthecurl on Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:19 am

To be honest, I had to go and look it up myself, once I reallised he'd forgotten. I think this must be one of the easiest things in the world to unlearn.
I also discovered recently that "proportion" has a specific meaning to US maths teachers that I had not previously encountered.
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Re: Soo...we're all going to die...apparently

Postby heavycola on Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:08 am

jonesthecurl wrote:I also discovered recently that "proportion" has a specific meaning to US maths teachers that I had not previously encountered.


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Re: Soo...we're all going to die...apparently

Postby Androidz on Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:16 am

Most likely those machines won't take the extreme force they trying to create and end up like scrap.

The are chances for at that machine won't work at all either.
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Re: Soo...we're all going to die...apparently

Postby LiveWindows on Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:30 am

We're Doomed!! :(
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Re: Soo...we're all going to die...apparently

Postby Snorri1234 on Tue Sep 09, 2008 10:28 am

Skittles! wrote:Exploring the unknown is much better than being stuck in the dark, but that's just my opinion.


Shut up and go read your bible!
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