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[PTTG??]

The LHC is not the erm... Liberal Happy Chamber. It is a giant underground construction built by various, possibly bearded, men and women, and it is widely believed that it could destroy earth and possibly the universe as we know it should it malfunction, or perhaps even if it works perfectly.

Is it just me, or are things getting more Dwarfy around here?
Reading the above, I see that it could be interpreted that I am getting more Dwarfy, and the rest of the world may be. I will let it stand.

Anyway, in a leaked Email one scientist succinctly summed up the educated viewpoint on the effects of the LHC, which I will paraphrase here:
"Anyone who thinks the LHC will end the world is a T***"
That phrase at the end is his.

Perhaps a more pressing question than what the fate of the world will be in a scant few dozen hours is WHAT "T***" is. While reassuring that the researcher was so assured, this is now a greater quandary. anyone know?

"T***"?

[Aqizzar]

I hate crosswords.  "Four letters, starts with a 'T', derogatory term for the unintelligent."

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess "'tard".

[Techhead]

I was suddenly reminded of this recent User Friendly comic strip.

Taco!

[sjmarshy]

I thought 'turd' but now see...is swearing allowed on these boards? lol
t*at

w

if not...

[umiman]

Why would anyone seriously think that a haydron collider will destroy the world...?

It's like thinking that a cat parasite turns men into assholes and women into supermodels.

[Boksi]

We are playing with things we say we know but it may well turn out that we don't know them. This means there is a tiny, minute and very slight chance of creating something dangerous, because we're not sure if we're right. That's the entire point of building that thing, after all. To prove things right or wrong!

[PTTG??]

We are playing with things we say we know but it may well turn out that we don't know them. This means there is a tiny, minute and very slight chance of creating something dangerous, because we're not sure if we're right. That's the entire point of building that thing, after all. To prove things right or wrong!

I would like to wager you $50 U.S. that there will not be an immediate global catastrophe.

[penguinofhonor]

Something about radioactive atoms making other atoms into radioactive atoms and eventually the world being a giant lifeless ball of radioactive stuff.

Also, I vote for twat. Swearing is allowed if not used at other members or excessively.

[Cthulhu]

My vote is for twat as well.  Also, the idea is that it could either create mini black holes at a rate high enough for them to absorb each other and get larger before they die, or that strange matter would be created, which would then start turning normal matter into strange matter.  Supposedly the odds of this are as high as like 50%, but that was something the media said, so you can take it with a grain of salt.

[penguinofhonor]

strange matter

Ah, strange matter was what I was thinking of when I said "radioactive stuff". It's some metaphysics stuff, so you know it's not going to happen. The black holes might be feasible. Pretty low chance though.

[Zemat]

Although I don't expect it to happen. I would like to see them creating a sustained black hole. It probably would grow so slowly it wouldn't affect Earth noticeably for 50+ years. This would have two possibly awesome effects. Either we have enough time to tame it therefore gaining a new technology for either wormhole building, time-traveling, artificial gravity, what-have-you. Or it will push humanity finally to start colonizing space since Earth soon will be a death hole literally. Probably both.

[ravensgrace]

Anyway, in a leaked Email one scientist succinctly summed up the educated viewpoint on the effects of the LHC, which I will paraphrase here:

"Anyone who thinks the LHC will end the world is a T***"

I'm pretty sure he means Tool.

[Duke 2.0]

 My theory:

 Scientist: Look at these results! Man, how unexpected! This is science in the making!
 Scientist2: Wait a second... if this is right...
 Scientist: Oh crap, everything we knew about the universe is wrong!
 Scientist3: Unless you take into account Dark matter.
 Scientist: But Dark Matter doesn't work like that.
 Scientist3: So we edit what Dark Matter is to fit it.
 Scientist2: Genius!
 Scientist: But what if Dark matter can't explain this?
 Scientist3: It's either that, or Einstein was wrong. And you know HOW much people like that guy. Even if we found all his theories copied from another guy and wrong with basic logic, people would still believe him.
 Einsteins Brain: Gwar! Who dares oppose me?!
 Scientists: AIEEEEEE!
 Einsteins Brain: With the LHC, the world will be mine! Gwahaha!
 Maga Man: Not so fast!
 Einsteins Brain: Curse you Dr. Light!

 And then everybody dies. Looks like they were right.

[A_Fey_Dwarf]

Aren't they trying to emulate the universe as it was a trillionth of a second after the big bang? Cause that sounds pretty dangerous to me. On the other hand think of all the discoveries that these physicists will make. What ever happens, I believe that the world will be significantly different in a years time in terms of knowledge of the universe. I have to agree with that scientist fellow, I am no T***.

[Makrond]

I thought tool the first time I saw it, but there is an overwhelming argument that it is actually twat.

Also, prepare for unforseen consequences.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc7/_D3MO_/1220699909412.jpg

Yes, that's the LHC.

EDIT, it's unforseen. Stupid G-Man using strange words. There's no such thing as a forseen consequence.