Large Hadron Collider being sabotaged by the future?

[res0nat0r]

hah, check this out:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/6318034/Could-the-Large-Hadron-Collider-be-held-back-by-its-own-future.html

The pair's hypothesis centres around the Higgs Boson, a mysterious tiny particle and building block of life that it is hoped the LHC will discover.
They have come up with a theory that it will "ripple backward through time" and stop the collider before it could make one, like a time traveler who goes back in time to kill his grandfather.

[Corven]

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i'm just waiting for the Half-Life scenario to happen

[demonAfro]

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If their theory was correct, would it not have rippled back in time and killed them too?

Higgs boson is sneaksy!

[Kamal]

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The "Many world's" theory which is getting a greater sense of acceptability neuters the Grandfather paradox.

[Troklo]

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I think this depends on how you conceive time.

1.- If there is already a time line with a start and a finish.
2.- If the line is being "created" and "erased" as we travel trough it.

[Kamal]

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One could perceive time be a wave function that actually yields a plethora of multiple outcomes and the present is just one of these outcomes in a given dimension.

[FreeKing]

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just watched a few episodes on this last night and I seriously doubt that with the amount of researchers (10k) over the span of 15 years would miss something as big as a black hole or time travel. All they are trying to do is replicate (on a very small scale) the effects of the big bang. The higgs won't even be viewable as it's very unstable and will start producing mass as soon as it is created. What they are trying to view are the particles that it creates.

All of this is trying to prove / disprove string theory / the theory of everything to help us understand why we are here, how we were created along side help us understand how life was created.

Big theories surrounded in a lot of controversy. interesting story for sure. Good job Einstein.

[Kamal]

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I agree with the comment that their intention behind the experiment is to view the effects of the universe few fractions of a second after the bid-bang but they are simultaneously hopeful of discovering a few other tidbits as an unexpected byproduct of such a collision, the Boson Higgs particle being a primary suspect.

Though I would love to hear more about this comment of your's

The higgs won't even be viewable as it's very unstable and will start producing mass as soon as it is created. What they are trying to view are the particles that it creates.

While I am no where near an expert on the subject, this is the first time I've ever read a plausible explanation for the elusiveness for the Boson Higgs particle (if it exists at all).

[FreeKing]

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Here is a simulation of what might happen during the creation of a Higgs Boson. What we are actually looking at are the many particles an unstable Higgs would create... aka the byproducts of the collision. With the Higgs being so unstable and so heavy (compared to protons) that it would start creating mass immediately.

If you are bored at work, this article makes for a good read and explains the Higgs in detail.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=what-exactly-is-the-higgs

while i'm not expert on the subject either, I am highly fascinated with the subject and love reading about it.

[Huggie Smiles]

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http://www.hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/

[FreeKing]

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awarded +1 internets.

[poults]

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[demonAfro]

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Time is bi-directional. You have your Feynman diagrams upside down!

[Kamal]

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naa dont buzzkill the intelligence matey

[Kamal]

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