Every couple of months, it seems like a new theory turns up about global annihilation . . . and how we all need to freak out because we’re about to die. Here’s the latest on that . . .

–Scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research have developed the world’s most powerful particle accelerator called the Large Hadron Collider (–or LHC).

(–If you don’t know what a particle accelerator is, it’s basically a device that uses electric fields to propel electrically-charged particles. TVs and X-ray machines are examples of small-scale particle accelerators.)

–Now, I’m not going to bore you with all the scientific details of the project . . . because chances are most of us wouldn’t really understand them anyway.

–But the gist is that the LHC could allow scientists to see invisible “dark matter” that makes up 96% of the universe . . . and could allow them to detect up to TEN dimensions (–right now, we can only detect three dimensions . . . length, width and depth).

–Sounds pretty cool, right? It is . . . but there’s just one tiny problem.

–See, there’s a slight possibility that when the device is activated in August . . . the world will be DESTROYED. The two main concerns are:

#1.) That the LHC could spit out killer particles called strangelets which would basically eat away at the planet until it was nothing more than a lifeless rock. Or . . .

#2.) That the LHC could cause a black hole to form . . . which would swallow the planet.

–According to some scientists, the odds of global annihilation occurring when the LHC is switched on in August . . . are about ONE in 50 MILLION.

(Wired)

(–OK, so ONE in 50 MILLION are pretty good odds . . . but we’re talking about the end of the world here. At what point is it too risky to continue the experiment? ONE in 10 MILLION odds? ONE in a MILLION? What’s the cut off point???)

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