CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research is planning on starting their Large Hardon .. I mean Large Hadron Collider (sorry about that). They’ve been building it since the dawn of time and it seems that they’re pretty near to finishing it. For those uninformed ones, it’s basically a huge particle accelerator. And when I say huge, I mean fucking Huge. Anyway, this 27 kilometer monstrocity — located underground somewhere near Geneva in Switzerland — when started, will either answer some very important questions concerning the birth of our Solar System. Or kill us all :)
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Even though the scientists constructing the LHC are among the smartest guys on the planet, they’re apparently not 101% sure about what might happen — which to me sounds like the perfect reason to turn the fucker on! Interdimentional portal and earth-invading aliens? A black hole in the middle of Europe?! Normal matter turning into ’strange matter’?!! Sounds too cool not to try it out. I’m just picturing the news the following day; “CERN scientists apologize: We fucked up. We’re sorry :(”. Of course they’ll need to up an ad in the paper for an opening for a theoretical physicist, preferably with the initials GF… but I guess they’ve already thought of that.
But I guess in the summer we’ll find out, if they get the damn thing finished. Here’s to keeping your fingers crossed.