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Originally Posted by Zachary
I'd also like to say that putting a probability on the chances of CERN destroying the planet is not only fickle, but completely pointless. When you get down to such microscopic probabilities being discussed here, the margins of error from the assumptions used completely swamp any meaningful statistics.
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This is good! So you're saying saying it's impossible for anyone to know what the probability is! But that would seem to imply that there is no guarantee that the LHC is safe. . . . .
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Originally Posted by Zachary
Hmm, it's late, and I don't have time to read through this whole thread at the moment. I'm actually studying for a master's degree in Physics myself, and should be spending next year as a researcher in CERN, so if anybody has any questions they think I can field, by all means go ahead  |
I'm glad that an actual or at least future CERN employee is willing to discuss the safety of the LHC in an open forum like this one. Just be careful: you're violating their gag order! Really, you should have chosen a more anonymous "handle". There are hundreds, if not thousands, of employees at CERN--but even so, how many Zachary's from London can there be?