Re: [Phys-l] Flurry of LHC "End of the world" nonsense

[Pat Viele <ptv1@cornell.edu>]

Two faculty members at Cornell gave excellent presentations for the 
public last night.  There was quite a good turnout for the event, and I 
hope it helped allay fears.

Pat



Steve Highland wrote:
> I've been spending some time on Yahoo Answers lately and am struck by the
> huge number of questions that start out something like "I just heard that
> scientists are making black holes with the Big Bang machine tomorrow and I'm
> scared..."
>
> I see there are some folks out there who are dutifully answering all these
> questions with reassuring information, but I wonder how much impact they are
> having.  Others seem to simply like to call the worried folks (of which some
> are surely faking just to have fun) idiots.
>
> The media seem to be enjoying this just as much as Y2K and I am disappointed
> to see so many articles beginning with the 'end of the world' stuff before
> they get to more sane commentary on particle physics and the collider.
>
> How do others feel about this?
>
> Steve Highland
>
>
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