When the experiment begins soon after 9 a.m. (0700 GMT) on September 10, disaster scenarists will have little to work on. In the first tests, a particle beam will be shot all the way around the LHC channel in just one direction. If all goes well, collisions might be tried within the coming weeks, but at low intensity. Any bangs at this stage, said one CERN researcher, "will be little ones."
Right. I don't actually believe Europe is going to implode from this thing and yet did anyone see Terminator 3, with Skynet?
Different thing of course. isn't it? That one was about machines becoming sentient. OK, what about Deep Blue Sea? Saffron Burrows represents all that we love to hate - a know-all scientist who puts the experiment and funding before human lives, so much so that they had to redo the end of the film:
In the film's original cut, McAlester [Burrows] lived, but test audiences made it clear how much they disliked the character (going so far as to shout "Die, bitch!" at the screen) as her actions had caused all that had gone wrong. Thus, the decision was made to re-shoot the ending so that her character died.
The Mummy series springs to mind in this context as well. By the way, does anyone know Saffron Burrows' real life persona - interesting. Read her mini-biography.
Real life is a bit as if we're all living in some giant progressive tragedy where we know who the baddies are and the supposed goodies [humanity] and it all inevitably occurs, despite warnings. Doom and gloom soothsayers are labelled, mocked and vilified, then it all happens and the scientist supposedly says, as Woodrow Wilson did, "What have I done? What have I done?"
Does anyone know of one of these experiments where it actually ... er .. worked and brought peace, love and really good things to humanity?
just as a side issue, thought you may be interested.
ReplyDeleteThe first "Matrix" film was made in the 1990s.
If you slow, or freeze frame the shots, where Neos passport is scrutinised, you will see that it terminates on the 11th, September, 2001.
Just a thought!!
Now that's more than interesting.
ReplyDeleteIt's rather like "What's the time, Mister Wolf", isn't it?
ReplyDeleteInteresting logo of yours too, Sackers.
ReplyDeleteJames,
ReplyDeleteThe first nuclear scientists, as you well know, wondered about their consequence.
'If the radiance of a thousand suns
Were to burst at once into the sky,
That would be like the splendour of the Mighty One...
I am become Death,
The shaterer of Worlds.'
The Bhagavad-Gita
They thought the skies may well alight but believed that their knowledge superceded that. They were correct. Are they correct now? I hope and believe so.
If not, you can do what most of us West of Scotland peeps reserved the right to do many years ago: if Helensburgh burst like the radiance of a thousand suns we would, one and all turn round, lift our pints to our mouths and watch the glory. And die.
STB.
James- one of these experiments that have worked- well we are all typing on one- the computer- and using another- the internet.
ReplyDeleteThanks you, gentlemen.
ReplyDeleteI need to check out that first comment!
ReplyDeleteJames,
ReplyDeleteHow about satellites?