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    The weeks leading up to the activation of the Large Hadron Collider were vaguely reminiscent of the days leading up to Y2K: fear abounded about the end of the world. But, like Y2K, the first run of the LHC came and went with no catastrophes. A black hole didn’t suddenly form and swallow the planet, much to the surprise of many doomsday belivers. The operation of the LHC hasn’t exactly gone according to schedule since then, though. A problem with the particle accelerator’s superconductor magnets forced it to be temporarily shut down on September 19, 2008, just nine days after it was turned on for the first time. In fact, the LHC’s short existence has been fraught with problems ranging from random breakdowns to explosions to vacuum leaks to the arrest of one of the scientists due to alleged terrorism.

    large hadron collider

    Most people look at the mishaps of the multi-billion dollar project as nothing more than coincidence. The project is, after all, about 30 years in the making. It’s bound to run into problems now and then. But some respected members of the scientific community are now wondering if there’s more to these setbacks than mere chance. The LHC was built, in part, to create the elusive Higgs boson particle; a particle which some scientists feel could be “abhorrent to nature.” According to Holger Bech Nielsen (of the Niels Bohr Institute, Stockholm) and Masao Ninomiya (of the Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto), that abhorrence could be causing nature, God, or the LHC itself to sabotage the project – from the future.

    hb particle

    Sounds crazy, right? The mathematical theory put forth by the scientists claims that, if the LHC were able to create the Higgs boson particle (simulated image above) in the future and it had catastrophic consequences, the discovery would basically send out shockwaves into the past. The shockwaves would effectively seek to cripple the LHC and make the discovery impossible. While this theory would be dismissed out of hand coming from just about anyone else, it does warrant a second look when it comes from a scientist of Nielsen’s standing.

    CERN LHC particle accelerator

    Since part of the LHC’s mission is to investigate additional dimensions of space/time, it kind of makes sense to pay attention to an idea that incorporates as-yet undiscovered elements of space and time. However, since we haven’t yet confirmed that any type of time travel is possible, most people are finding this self-sabotage theory hard to swallow. If it’s right, though, the LHC won’t succeed in its mission no matter how many times the scientists at CERN try.
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    source: http://gajitz.com/is-large-hadron-co...om-the-future/

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    old news is old.

    still cool though
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    Kind of like natures failsafe...this is kind of cool
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    This is BS. It's hard to believe that these "scientists" are taken seriously. They are saying that when a certain particle is found, it magically gains the ability to travel back in time, and enough intelligence and power to magically spawn baguette dropping birds and spills of a tonne of liquid helium.

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    quantum machanics. it is possible for any thing to do any thing. its just really really unlikley
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    Quote Originally Posted by Awkwardsaw View Post
    quantum machanics. it is possible for any thing to do any thing. its just really really unlikley
    but given that time is limitless, it's very likely that something like that will happen upon turning it on, wouldn't you think?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Feroc1ty View Post
    but given that time is limitless, it's very likely that something like that will happen upon turning it on, wouldn't you think?
    Yes, but if you think about it, time travel is most likely not possible. Because time is limitless, if time travel was possible, then it would have been discovered some time in the future, and if people from the future are time traveling, you would think we would know about it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bionicle1800 View Post
    Yes, but if you think about it, time travel is most likely not possible. Because time is limitless, if time travel was possible, then it would have been discovered some time in the future, and if people from the future are time traveling, you would think we would know about it.
    if we knew about it, a paradox would happen, and in the end it wouldnt exist


    gogo movie time : "FAQ ABOUT TIME TRAVEL" funny and informing at the same time

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    Quote Originally Posted by Feroc1ty View Post
    if we knew about it, a paradox would happen, and in the end it wouldnt exist


    gogo movie time : "FAQ ABOUT TIME TRAVEL" funny and informing at the same time
    hmm...touche
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    Quote Originally Posted by bionicle1800 View Post
    hmm...touche
    that, or they just havnt traveled this far into the past.
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    Maybe they've just decided that our epoch was not one of great interest. Else they're among us
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