Comments on: What Will the LHC Find? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:59:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Evan http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/comment-page-3/#comment-95972 Evan Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:59:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/#comment-95972 Of course, you will never find god (10^-20% chance) when looking at something so small (unless you examine the genius of design). Doesn't everybody smart know that everything in the cosmos is just a really sublime accident? Of course, you will never find god (10^-20% chance) when looking at something so small (unless you examine the genius of design). Doesn’t everybody smart know that everything in the cosmos is just a really sublime accident?

]]> By: Go Go Rocket Party » Whatever Happened to the LHC? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/comment-page-3/#comment-88999 Go Go Rocket Party » Whatever Happened to the LHC? Sat, 01 Aug 2009 18:59:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/#comment-88999 [...] are quite a few things aside from world destoying black holes and Higgs bosons that the LHC might find. Almost all of them would be invaluable contributions to physics. As Sean Carrol of Cosmic Varince [...] [...] are quite a few things aside from world destoying black holes and Higgs bosons that the LHC might find. Almost all of them would be invaluable contributions to physics. As Sean Carrol of Cosmic Varince [...]

]]> By: arxiv Find: The Local Density of Dark Matter | Cosmic Variance | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/comment-page-2/#comment-81075 arxiv Find: The Local Density of Dark Matter | Cosmic Variance | Discover Magazine Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:55:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/#comment-81075 [...] pin down the nature of dark matter. In a perfect world, we’ll make the dark matter particle at the LHC, observe gamma rays produced when dark matter annihilates in the galaxy, and detect it directly in [...] [...] pin down the nature of dark matter. In a perfect world, we’ll make the dark matter particle at the LHC, observe gamma rays produced when dark matter annihilates in the galaxy, and detect it directly in [...]

]]> By: Interesting Stuff: Early June 2009 « The Outer Hoard http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/comment-page-2/#comment-78344 Interesting Stuff: Early June 2009 « The Outer Hoard Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:03:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/#comment-78344 [...] of what the Large Hadron Collider will find. [via [...] [...] of what the Large Hadron Collider will find. [via [...]

]]> By: Marek http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/comment-page-2/#comment-73249 Marek Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:12:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/#comment-73249 I am certain the only thing coming out of the new LHC is realisation that we need a bigger and a more expensive one to find what we are really looking for. I am certain the only thing coming out of the new LHC is realisation that we need a bigger and a more expensive one to find what we are really looking for.

]]> By: mary kraics http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/comment-page-2/#comment-45937 mary kraics Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:01:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/#comment-45937 my thoughts on the LHC is this: Common sense mixed with my basic understanding of science brings me to this conclusion. Seeing as how we are only human and have access to limited technology and the materials to make these kinds of machines and that our brain only uses 10 percent of its' potential which is the organ that controls our perception from the information we absorb from outside influences and through what we are able to observe which leaves all the scientists and physicists in this world just as screwed in their theories and predictions. We will NEVER even know what to look for if we don't know what it looks like or acts like seeing as how so much of our Universe is in the invisible spectrum and even taking in consideration the fact of the matters involved is that these same scientists and physicists who are the ones saying distressing words such as "so much things we don't UNDERSTAND" "Theoritically..." "The probabilities of something going wrong" etc... In the END we won't be able to see if they were right cuzz if they aren't we won't be able to even see the END coming cause we aren't being told what to expect or look for. I just hope that if something unexpected and bad happens it'll be fast and that we won't see it coming for my children's sake. Our lives and our planet is in their hands which leaves me in an uncomfortable state. my thoughts on the LHC is this: Common sense mixed with my basic understanding of science brings me to this conclusion. Seeing as how we are only human and have access to limited technology and the materials to make these kinds of machines and that our brain only uses 10 percent of its’ potential which is the organ that controls our perception from the information we absorb from outside influences and through what we are able to observe which leaves all the scientists and physicists in this world just as screwed in their theories and predictions. We will NEVER even know what to look for if we don’t know what it looks like or acts like seeing as how so much of our Universe is in the invisible spectrum and even taking in consideration the fact of the matters involved is that these same scientists and physicists who are the ones saying distressing words such as “so much things we don’t UNDERSTAND” “Theoritically…” “The probabilities of something going wrong” etc… In the END we won’t be able to see if they were right cuzz if they aren’t we won’t be able to even see the END coming cause we aren’t being told what to expect or look for. I just hope that if something unexpected and bad happens it’ll be fast and that we won’t see it coming for my children’s sake. Our lives and our planet is in their hands which leaves me in an uncomfortable state.

]]> By: caroline eveningstorm http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/comment-page-2/#comment-45906 caroline eveningstorm Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:51:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/#comment-45906 you know what the fact is really? the fact is that the CERN can't and doesn't say that they know what will happen when they run the LHC and the fact is, that this should be a whole earth decision because of its potential to effect such... a handful of pompous, over stuffed, intellects should not have the right to experiment this way out of shear curiosity... its absurd, morally irresponsible and totally leaves me astonished that the grasp for glory should be squandered on anything of this magnitude... especially when the reality is we don't know everything we need to know about the sea floor and our earth in general for the betterment of man-kind. In as much as i do believe that each reality or existing plane must emanate from individual perspectives and points of common intersection I don't believe there is the potential of technology actually being able to do much more than reduce the Switzerland site into another Richat Structure... but it still galls me that this kind of waste can be tried or the attempt made to execute it at any point of anyone:'s time frame. The unsettled state of world economics will also throw road blocks in the path of this type of irrational purposing... or perhaps it has been a contribution to at least part of the cause already. So, shame, shame to the scientic community who tries to put this over-blown, geek, science project into fruition... shame on your abuse of mathemathics, energy, and macro-systems because you just see what happes. We all no how thrilled Einstein was over the creation of the H-bomb and and how it haunted him... What a wonderful contribution that has been to the welfare of mankind. NOT! and can you say Chernobyl... I can! Wouldn't Einstein be proud of that travesty and the damage that has done. What total disregard and arrogance it must take to pursue a venture to which you cannot with certainty define its global consequence! It is and will remain cursed. you know what the fact is really? the fact is that the CERN can’t and doesn’t say that they know what will happen when they run the LHC and the fact is, that this should be a whole earth decision because of its potential to effect such… a handful of pompous, over stuffed, intellects should not have the right to experiment this way out of shear curiosity… its absurd, morally irresponsible and totally leaves me astonished that the grasp for glory should be squandered on anything of this magnitude… especially when the reality is we don’t know everything we need to know about the sea floor and our earth in general for the betterment of man-kind.

In as much as i do believe that each reality or existing plane must emanate from individual perspectives and points of common intersection I don’t believe there is the potential of technology actually being able to do much more than reduce the Switzerland site into another Richat Structure… but it still galls me that this kind of waste can be tried or the attempt made to execute it at any point of anyone:’s time frame. The unsettled state of world economics will also throw road blocks in the path of this type of irrational purposing… or perhaps it has been a contribution to at least part of the cause already.

So, shame, shame to the scientic community who tries to put this over-blown, geek, science project into fruition… shame on your abuse of mathemathics, energy, and macro-systems because you just see what happes. We all no how thrilled Einstein was over the creation of the H-bomb and and how it haunted him… What a wonderful contribution that has been to the welfare of mankind. NOT! and can you say Chernobyl… I can! Wouldn’t Einstein be proud of that travesty and the damage that has done.

What total disregard and arrogance it must take to pursue a venture to which you cannot with certainty define its global consequence! It is and will remain cursed.

]]> By: A Couple of Quick Calamity Questions. (Wow, alliteration's fun!) - Bad Astronomy and Universe Today Forum http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/comment-page-2/#comment-45938 A Couple of Quick Calamity Questions. (Wow, alliteration's fun!) - Bad Astronomy and Universe Today Forum Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:04:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/#comment-45938 [...] different physics that scientists are not even considering. This is an article about the sorts of extra large dimensions expected to be found by the LHC. [...] [...] different physics that scientists are not even considering. This is an article about the sorts of extra large dimensions expected to be found by the LHC. [...]

]]> By: Large Hadron Collider - enimm http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/comment-page-2/#comment-45907 Large Hadron Collider - enimm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:37:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/#comment-45907 [...] Cosmic Variance -blogi huvittelee spekuloimalla, mit [...] Cosmic Variance -blogi huvittelee spekuloimalla, mit

]]> By: Ang Large Hadron Collider at pagsasaliksik sa larangan ng quantum physics « Barangay RP http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/comment-page-2/#comment-45936 Ang Large Hadron Collider at pagsasaliksik sa larangan ng quantum physics « Barangay RP Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:43:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/#comment-45936 [...] tulad ng maaaring katotohanan ukol sa anti-matter, ang pagkakaroon ng black holes, o (ayon sa isang blog) ang pagkakaroon ng [...] [...] tulad ng maaaring katotohanan ukol sa anti-matter, ang pagkakaroon ng black holes, o (ayon sa isang blog) ang pagkakaroon ng [...]

]]> By: hg wells http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/comment-page-2/#comment-45935 hg wells Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:35:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/#comment-45935 I hope the LHC will reveal something humanity has never even thought about , a theory that explains everything about particle physics. I think the scientists are just too sure about themselves and their theories. They absolutely don't know the outcome of the LHC experiment. Nobody nows the exact nature of (mini) black holes, how can you then be sure about cosmic rays creating millions of them , and therefore not being dangerous ? I hope the LHC will reveal something humanity has never even thought about , a theory that explains everything about particle physics. I think the scientists are just too sure about themselves and their theories. They absolutely don’t know the outcome of the LHC experiment. Nobody nows the exact nature of (mini) black holes, how can you then be sure about cosmic rays creating millions of them , and therefore not being dangerous ?

]]> By: KB http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/comment-page-2/#comment-45902 KB Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:34:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/#comment-45902 What's the point of this anyway? I'm guessing this is nothing more than another way science trying to prove God doesn't exist. To me it wouldn't prove that, who's to say something or someone didn't cause the big bang in the first place? He doesn't say how he made the universe just that he did make it. Either way I guess this will be interesting to see what happens here. What’s the point of this anyway? I’m guessing this is nothing more than another way science trying to prove God doesn’t exist. To me it wouldn’t prove that, who’s to say something or someone didn’t cause the big bang in the first place? He doesn’t say how he made the universe just that he did make it. Either way I guess this will be interesting to see what happens here.

]]> By: shehal http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/comment-page-2/#comment-45742 shehal Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:21:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/#comment-45742 hi how did you get the probability figures? can you provide some citations pls? thanks hi
how did you get the probability figures?
can you provide some citations pls?
thanks

]]> By: Here be dragons « Peculiar Velocity http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/comment-page-2/#comment-45901 Here be dragons « Peculiar Velocity Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:36:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/#comment-45901 [...] the fundamental structure of matter. All across the blogosphere people are putting forth their predictions for what the Large Hadron Collider will find. The best prediction award goes to Jester, who [...] [...] the fundamental structure of matter. All across the blogosphere people are putting forth their predictions for what the Large Hadron Collider will find. The best prediction award goes to Jester, who [...]

]]> By: LHC « Covenant of Alast http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/comment-page-2/#comment-45933 LHC « Covenant of Alast Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:50:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/#comment-45933 [...] More at link [...] [...] More at link [...]

]]> By: Tunisia Daily » Large Hadron Collider: Best- and Worst-Case Scenarios http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/comment-page-2/#comment-45900 Tunisia Daily » Large Hadron Collider: Best- and Worst-Case Scenarios Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:14:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/#comment-45900 [...] Case: With the standard model so well elucidated, perhaps a curveball is in order. Sean Carroll of Cosmic Variance notes, “There is almost a guarantee that the Higgs exists, or at least some sort of Higgs-like [...] [...] Case: With the standard model so well elucidated, perhaps a curveball is in order. Sean Carroll of Cosmic Variance notes, “There is almost a guarantee that the Higgs exists, or at least some sort of Higgs-like [...]

]]> By: Gex http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/comment-page-2/#comment-45934 Gex Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:49:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/#comment-45934 For latest info and countdown visit <a href="http://lhccountdown.info" rel="nofollow">http://lhccountdown.info</a> For latest info and countdown visit http://lhccountdown.info

]]> By: CAS-Group Blog » The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/comment-page-2/#comment-45932 CAS-Group Blog » The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:45:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/#comment-45932 [...] Variance has a nice summary what the LHC will find here [...] Variance has a nice summary what the LHC will find here

]]> By: Not Even Wrong » Blog Archive » Don’t Buy Into the Supercollider Hype http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/comment-page-2/#comment-45931 Not Even Wrong » Blog Archive » Don’t Buy Into the Supercollider Hype Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:40:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/#comment-45931 [...] If I were an experimentalist or accelerator scientist working on the LHC, I might have a problem with the fact that the biggest media outlets are having theorists, often string theorists, be the ones to tell the public about the LHC (yesterday was Brian Greene’s turn, in the New York Times). Many such stories imply that the LHC will somehow tell us something about string theory, while even one of the blogosphere’s most enthusiastic string theory supporters puts the probability of this at about half of one-percent. [...] [...] If I were an experimentalist or accelerator scientist working on the LHC, I might have a problem with the fact that the biggest media outlets are having theorists, often string theorists, be the ones to tell the public about the LHC (yesterday was Brian Greene’s turn, in the New York Times). Many such stories imply that the LHC will somehow tell us something about string theory, while even one of the blogosphere’s most enthusiastic string theory supporters puts the probability of this at about half of one-percent. [...]

]]> By: Jason Dick http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/comment-page-2/#comment-45930 Jason Dick Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:50:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/08/04/what-will-the-lhc-find/#comment-45930 Holy crap! Where did all the kooks suddenly appear from!? Holy crap! Where did all the kooks suddenly appear from!?

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