Sunday, August 24, 2008

Vacation ending, LHC being interesting

I got back from camp a few days ago. That meant many things, among them being able to edit the blog once more. Since the beginning of the summer I've been inordinately interested in the LHC, especially because the aim is to at very least make a groundbreaking discovery in physics. I don't know about the feelings of the scientists themselves and how much they want to know at a bare minimum for their investment, but pretty much any conceivable result would weigh heavily on or entirely change the way we forge into this unknown. The LHC is built, and is likely to go into operation this year.

Of course, I had to see what the opposition was saying. http://www.lhcdefense.org/lhc_risks.php is among the primary opponents to the LHC's operation due to theorized danger to our existence. I went back on, and found the arguments were very effective. A year ago. CERN's current position at http://public.web.cern.ch/public/en/LHC/Safety-en.html has rebukes that are all at least fairly effective against the criticisms, provided they aren't exaggerating or lying outright. I'll be checking other sites later, as there is bound to be someone on the internet who has more reasonable-sounding counters that are up to date. It is actually a matter of personal opinion to anyone without serious scientific knowledge, but it very strongly appears as if Wagner stopped paying attention to CERN's arguments a while ago, or is simply satisfied with what looks like an argument that has been stripped bare when going back to the opponent's words. I have yet to review more of what the experts he checked are saying, but in that part he takes CERN's 2003 position on safety. The one that was superceded by the LSAG report of this year.

Surely this just sounds like just another doomsday argument to people outside physics circles (and even inside a few), but considering this could change what's taught throughout high school science, I'm surprised pretty much no one knows about it at mine. I guess I don't know just how much nerdiness radiates from every orifice in my body.

1 comment:

JTankers said...

Excellent blog.

I think you are correct to assume that all may not be fully open and honest.

Dr. Otto E. Rösslerwrites on his blog that disinformation from CERN may have helped prevent physicists from knowing the full story.[1][2]

The following is Professor Dr. Rössler's plea to the world:

"A nightmarish situation, that can still be hoped to be averted in time through communication within the scientific community, is drawn attention to. Only a few weeks remain to find out whether the danger is real or nothing but a mirage. After this time window is closed, it will take years until we know whether or not we are doomed. The story line has all the features of a best-selling novel. The reader is asked to contribute constructively."[3]

Quote from Dr. Otto E. Rössler, a modern day Leonardo Da Vinchi, Professor of Theoretical Biochemistry, visiting Professor of Theoretical Physics, inventor of the Rossler Attractor, founder of Endophysics, winner of the 2003 Chaos Award of the University of Liege and the 2003 Rene Descartes Award, contributor to hyper chaos, micro relativity and author of approximately 300 scientific papers.

CERN belittles the work of Dr. Rössler and arrogantly states that they will prove safety by creating high energy collisions in the coming weeks.[1] (The same collisions that Dr. Rossler theorizes may destroy Earth).

Professor Rössler's latest interview with science journalist Alan Gillis may be found at scientificblogging.com[2]

[1] http://www.lhcfacts.org?p=72 CERN’s Dr. Ellis tells only half of the story
[2] http://www.scientificblogging.com/big_science_gambles/professor_rossler_takes_on_the_lhc Alan Gillis interviews Prof. Dr. Otto Rössler
[3] http://www.lhcfacts.org Large Hadron Collider Safety issues