The physics blogosphere is abuzz about the start up of the large hadron collider. There is a hole in Texas which is very jealous. And of course, everyone is happy that the Earth was not destroyed or a bubble universe wasn’t created.
But if I remember my science fiction correctly, I don’t believe that one can conclude from our continued existence that the LHC isn’t making black holes. Indeed if the plot is followed, which is the prophecy equivalent of the derivation being sound, then we will discover that the LHC has produced a trillion mini black holes at the center of the Earth. And of course these will have evolved into an intelligent agent which will soon destroy the Earth. Be worried, earth citizens, be very worried.
Oh NoZ! Black HOLZ Hve gon Gotten demselvs BrainZ!
O brave new quantum world!
Didn’t you hear? We did fall into a black hole, but scientists were able to take advantage of time dilation to build a computer simulation that will recap the entire history of the universe before we reach the singularity. That’s where we’re living now.
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Cool, a shrinking closed time like curve. I always knew they were unstable.
Cool, a shrinking closed time like curve. I always knew they were unstable.
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Anyway, as Patrick Hayden recently remarked it is entirely possible we are all presently inside a very weak black hole anyway and simply do not realize it. There is really nothing preventing that from being true.
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Hey, look, it’s Gaussian (hint: turn your head sideways)!