Comments on: I am not the only one worried by this

By: johnseeking

johnseeking — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:08:52 +0000

Epic. Thank you for this. Look forward to meeting you somewhere beyond the event horizon.

By: Bento

Bento — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:01:59 +0000

But if there is a black hole generated that swallows up the earth, then it will eat you up first, except that time will slow to a standstill as you approach it, so it won’t actually eat you — you will just sit there in suspended animation, waiting for the inevitable to happen. If you hadn’t been ripped to shreds by gravity shears first, of course.

Such a black hole would also answer the question as to where all the other intelligent life has gone in the Universe. Turns out that all those black holes we’ve discovered are past civilizations finally building their first — and last — LHC.

By: Bento

Bento — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:58:02 +0000

You are such a moron, Baruch. Of course nothing will happen. The same theory that predicts the black holes predicts that they will also instantly evaporate. You can’t have one without the other happening. What the Hawaiians don’t get is that if they think scientists got it wrong on the disappearing bit, then they also got it wrong on the appearing bit.

Sort of like being worried that the dragons might eat us up but glossing over how they might appear in the first place.

What would Spinoza Do? He’s flip the switch. Repeatedly.

By: Felix

Felix — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:33:17 +0000

Sounds cool to me. Let’s try it!