(09-10-2008, 02:12 AM)Dennis link Wrote: [...]
Fact is, they _will_ create small black holes. And although these small black holes will probably die within nanoseconds of their birth, this remains a completely new and untested frontier of which no actual knowledge exists, only theoretical thinking and theses.
Do I think black holes will form and devour the earth? No. There are only a very small group of scientists who believe something like that might happen. And most of their thinking is based on some kind of chaos theory.
Most scientists, either involved with this project or not, say that it's completely safe and no unusual/uncontrollable stuff will happen.
But although the odds are several billion to 1, the possibility still exists...
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