At 08:02 PM 9/9/2008, you wrote:
My brother the astrophysicist and my friend's brother who works
at CERN seem to be calm.
On the other hand my brother shot himself in the nose with a spear
gun when he was 16 (no kidding) and my friend's brother was involved
in that rap video.
Worst case is that they'll create a SMALL black hole, which will then
likely drop directly through the Earth's center of mass...and start
oscillating back and forth, sucking up mass as it goes, getting bigger
all the time.
As has been pointed out this will take a while. You'll likely have
time to order breakfast, at least.
Yes, but the question remains, "Big Bang Breakfast Bar" or "The
Restaurant at the End of the Universe"?
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