New York Times: "The Collider, the Particle and a Theory About Fate"
http://su.pr/3287Ll [When the LHC is powered on after a year of repairs after an accident shut it down] it will be time to test one of the most bizarre and revolutionary theories in science. I’m not talking about extra dimensions of space-time, dark matter or even black holes that eat the Earth. No, I’m talking about the notion that the troubled collider is being sabotaged by its own future. A pair of otherwise distinguished physicists have suggested that the hypothesized Higgs boson, which physicists hope to produce with the collider, might be so abhorrent to nature that its creation would 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. Apparently, the (mere prospect that the) LHC will succeed in creating the Higgs boson will "ripple backward through time" to prevent its own creation? NOTE: The article makes brief mention of God. If you are fanatically opposed to all references to deity, it's probably not the article for you. This is not an invitation to restart THAT old argument. Dave _______________________________________________ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com