The Man Who Put His Head Inside A Particle Accelerator While It Was Switched On

https://www.iflscience.com ^ | 22 APR 2021, 17:24 | By James Felton

[escapefromboston]

Did he become Dr.Manhattan ?

[monkeyshine]

Did he get any super powers?

No, but he did get the patent on the "stun" setting for weapons used in Star Trek.

[StAnDeliver]

"July 13, 1978"

Interesting to think the Soviets merely wanted to observe his death, precisely because they had proof-of-concept of a proton beam as a weapon. It is 43 years later and there are still only (deeply covered-up) rare instances of, let's just say, "focused light" military testing, or the actual uses thereof.

And yet, it's a certainty -- given Moore's Law if nothing else -- that this is fully battlefield-ready but (mostly) untested in conflict scenarios.

And as David Lee Roth once said, "Ed, there's never been a weapon that hasn't been fired in anger..."

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Did he get any super powers?

Anatoli Bugorski today;

[Sirius Lee]

He keeps winning the Powerball, but what’s the point? Can’t do anything with it.

[Brooklyn Attitude]

Lock-out Tag-out fail.

[43north]

When I read the headline I just KNEW this happened in the old USSR.

[Bloodandgravy]

Hold my beer?

[miliantnutcase]

It’s the most Russian thing ever... One of the safety mechanism was a red light that is supposed to be on, but was burned out.
This guy is actually still alive today.

[Red Badger]

Vodka.....................

[Red Badger]

Me too!..............

[Kevmo]

Demographic of 1, and 1 lucky dude at that.

[Brooklyn Attitude]

“Over the next few decades, he experienced seizures but remained functional, continued his work as a physicist, and completed a PhD.”

“The narrow focus of the beam, though it caused massive damage, likely kept the damage limited to an area of brain that he could live without.”

Proves that even people with brain damage can get a Ph.D.

[ByteMercenary]

I agree, very Soviet approach to things. Ok Igor, let’s get this thing working then circle back to add on safety checks.

[Night Hides Not]

I wonder if babes in the bar believed his story?

[gr8eman]

Where’s the “Hold my Pivo” alert?

[Night Hides Not]

...or become POTUS.

[mware]

Lot luckier then those poor souls at Chernobyl. Watch that mini series. Sweet Jesus they died hard, real hard.

[shotgun]

Never heard of “Lock out, tag out”.

[Steely Tom]

Sweet Jesus they died hard, real hard.

Radiation poisoning is not painless
It causes many changes...