STEVEN HAWKING SAYS WE CAN RELAX

Last Wednesday night Dr. Steven Hawking answered questions for 2000 fans. The questions were prepared in advance and the answers were prerecorded.

It takes him awhile to process the information and transfer it to a computer program.

The fact that he can do it at all is amazing but after seeing the movie....The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.....his problems seem small compared to what Jean-Dominque Bauby had to endure.

Anyway....one of the questions he was asked is a question I've been asking for the last year.

IF BLACK HOLES ARE CREATED IN THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER (CERN) WILL WE BE IN DANGER OF GETTING EATEN UP BY THEM?

Dr. Hawking's answer....

"THE LHC IS ABSOLUTELY SAFE.
THERE IS NO DANGER THAT COLLISIONS BETWEEN PARTICLES AT THE LHC WILL CAUSE A RIP IN SPARE-TIME AND DESTROY THE UNIVERSE.
PARTICLES FROM COLLISIONS FAR GREATER THAN THOSE IN THE LHC OCCUR ALL THE TIME IN COSMIC RAYS, BUT NOTHING TERRIBLE HAPPENS."

I feel so much better....of course I still can't figure out why a scientist involved in the CERN project would say that maybe a Black Hole could be created....

Of course Steven Hawking might have an ulterior motive.....after all he has a deep deep passion regarding Black Holes and the Hawking Radiation theory is regarded as a breakthrough in the understanding of how black holes operate.

HE MIGHT WANT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS IF HUMAN BEINGS COULD CREATE A MINI BLACK HOLE.....

MIGHT is the optimum word here.....I look at his physical status and have to assume that he feels a bit short changed.....

But of course I could be totally wrong and he digs everything about his life.....I'm amazed at human beings ability to adapt to circumstances.

WE ARE A RESILIENT SPECIES but our ego's could be slightly off center when it comes to dealing with Black Holes.

THE SUBJECT OF BLACK HOLES AND THINKING ABOUT ETERNITY ARE FAIRLY HARD CONCEPTS FOR THE AVERAGE JANE AND JOE.....

OF COURSE DOCTOR HAWKING IS ONE OF THE RARE BREED WHO PROBABLY SPENDS ALL HIS TIME THINKING ABOUT ETERNITY AND BLACK HOLES.....after all he ain't going skiing anytime soon.

but for the time being I'm going to relax and not stress anymore regarding the CERN project....
and if you don't know about it.....

GOOGLE.....CERN.

Michael Timothy McAlevey