Dr Grumble's last post
Dr Grumble's first choice career was journalism. He failed an exam called Use of English so that put paid to that. His second choice career was Physics. But he wasn't really good enough at Maths so that put paid to that. Since then he has come to know quite a few people who have degrees in Physics. None of them is actually doing Physics. So he is quite glad he didn't do that. But he is still interested in Physics. He keeps up with some of what is going on at CERN. There is a chance that quite soon they will create a black hole at CERN. Now that sounds exciting. Dr Grumble knows a little about black holes. But it's very little. He has some grasp of the concept of this part of space which sucks everything into it. And then Dr Grumble wondered. If they created a black hole at CERN wouldn't we all get sucked into it? Wouldn't that be the end of the world? The end of humanity? Could this be Dr Grumble's last post?
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing? The public have ridiculous anxieties about certain things related to science and medicine. When it comes to black holes Dr Grumble has only a little knowledge. So his anxieties about the CERN black hole are ridiculous. Aren't they?
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They seem to think that it would take four years for the Earth to be sucked into the black hole, if one were created, so there's plenty of time for you to write lots more posts.
Thanks for that bit of good news, Madsadgirl.
there were quite long serious debates before they set off the 1st atomic bomb about whether they would do something like set the sky alight and wipe out humanity at one stoke, it was a serious risk, long debates
promises, promises.
Dr Grumble forgot the question mark in the title.
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