[ryan125]

Alright If these scientists are wrong with their completely untested theory, we are all going to die. The equation for a black hole which is the size of an electron is (3 X 10^-15 meters) is that it has a duration of (t meaning time)T = 6.63 X 10^-107 seconds...which makes it impossible that the black hole could expand. The Event horizon means the point of a black hole where nothing can escape its gravitational pull, not even light. The event horizon is very very small compared to its actual mass, which is why unless mass becomes smaller than it is normally, a black hole can not exist. What they are trying to do is CREATE a black hole and measure how the paths are twisted by the magnet which would let them identify what the particle is and how many there are. Usual scientist thinking is they are allowed to do an experiment that has the risk of killing everyone on Earth even if that risk is very slight.

[Jack Black]

First off you seem to know WAY more about this than me.

But where is the whole "black hole" thing coming from? Isn't this a fairly conventional supercollider experiment where a bunch of junk going one way is smashed into a bunch of junk going the other way and then the bean counters watch the broken bits fly around? How would that have anything to do with creating a black hole? Aren't they (theoretically) made by huge amounts of mass being compressed into a single small point?

[onedoug]

It's okay. Some even suggest we're in a black hole already;
tremendous mass, though relatively low density.