Scientists hope for surprises in Big Bang experiment

String Theory sounds very nice and stuff but it reminds me an awful lot of epicycles and aether.

if you've got a better idea, please share it ;)

i mean, it's not like they came up with a theory and called it a day... they're actively working to prove/disprove it... it really doesn't matter which, cause we get closer to the truth either way.

I thought I heard somewhere that it will take them 10 years or more to be able to decipher anything from this experiment.

That's a long wait. I want answers, and I want them NOW.

I thought I heard somewhere that it will take them 10 years or more to be able to decipher anything from this experiment.

That's a long wait. I want answers, and I want them NOW.

42.


;)

Success?

Scientists cheer atom smasher success - CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/09/10/lhc.collider/index.html)

We're still here at least.

if you've got a better idea, please share it ;)

i mean, it's not like they came up with a theory and called it a day... they're actively working to prove/disprove it... it really doesn't matter which, cause we get closer to the truth either way.

No, I don't have a better theory but I do know there's something to be said for simplicity and elegance. String theory just keeps adding shit to justify the math without any testable or observable basis. The science fiction fan in me is excited, the scientist in me is skeptical.

String theory is still a work in progress, but it's pretty wild to consider the possibilities of it.

I love this stuff. I can't believe humans are actually conducting an experiment, and one of the possibilities is the creation of a black hole. Man, we've come a long way baby.

just, it'd be a tiny black hole that wouldn't even exist for a full second though, not the one that'd suck in the universe (like some less educated people are worried about)... that kind of black hole would take take QUITE a bit more than 2 particles...