SCIENCE!

[eliyes]

In roughly 34 hours from the time I've begun typing this post, something will happen. There is a 1 in 5000 chance that this will result in the destruction of 80% of the galaxy or thereabouts, including, of course, our planet.

That's right, they're going to use the Large Hadron Collider, aka the LHC. It's a physicists dream come true: they're going to "smash protons moving at 99.999999% of the speed of light into each other and so recreate conditions a fraction of a second after the big bang."

So. In the unlikely (but more likely than the planet being struck by an extinction-event-level meteor, apparently) event that we are all destroyed, I just wanted to say that it's been fun. :3

Check out the countdown!

eta: *massive pout* They postponed it.

Comments

[justlikemagic.livejournal.com]

Ok, gonna party tomorrow like its the end of the world. Can't tonight, have to be at my physical at 5:45 AM, ugh.

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

Oh, bleh! Well, take a nap afterwards and hey -- tell everyone you're partying in celebration of great scientific achievement! That way if the world continues on, you don't look silly. ;3

[justlikemagic.livejournal.com]

I'll party after the appt and if the world doesn't end, tell people I was partying for my clean bill of health.

I can weasel out of anything.

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

Like Stuttering John (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBR6daiqbHs)? ;}