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The Next Einstein? This is Amazing

cnn.com — His revolutionary ideas about the way the universe works will finally be put to the test this year at Switzerland's Large Hadron Collider, which will be the world's most powerful particle accelerator.The accelerator, estimated to cost between $5 billion and $10 billion, could provide answers to questions physicists have had for decades.

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  • clesch, on 06/20/2008, -10/+184Sigh, there I go again reading "Switzerland's Large Hardon Collider",
  • bigp3rm, on 06/20/2008, -12/+186We can build a super particle accelerator and discover the wonders of the universe and the creation of life (truly amazing in itself). But we cant build a car that does not need gas to run. Am I missing something?
  • aximbigfan, on 06/20/2008, -6/+155Science gives me a hadron.
  • inactive, on 06/20/2008, -5/+115I'm still used to calling people 'Einstein' when they do something stupid...
  • Lane, on 06/20/2008, -7/+97Unibrow!
  • wonderchemist, on 06/20/2008, -0/+82And if all his ideas are proven wrong at LHC will he be the next Fleischmann and Pons?
  • eltrev, on 06/20/2008, -4/+79There is a chance, albeit slim, that he may even be smarter than me.
  • ColorBlind, on 06/20/2008, -0/+71No, you've pretty much covered it.

    P.S. We can also charter the moon and find ice on Mars....but we still need OPEC to drive.
  • sockpuppets, on 06/20/2008, -2/+63It's a Schrödinger brow, it's only that way when you look at him.
  • Mewchu11, on 06/20/2008, -9/+66Just because he's got theories riding on the collider doesn't make him an Einstein, a lot of people do. When we fire it up and run it for a few years we'll see if any Einsteins are among us.

    I mean, provided it doesn't crush us into a singularity first.
  • beesaretasty, on 06/20/2008, -8/+57Buried for using a bad picture that looks nothing like me. They also changed my name and occupation.
  • sockpuppets, on 06/20/2008, -3/+48Don't cross the streams.
  • sizzam, on 06/20/2008, -3/+44Wow, I had no idea the lead singer of Creed was that smart.
  • idiftl, on 06/20/2008, -1/+40Theoretical physicist? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Freeman
  • solboldi, on 06/20/2008, -1/+37there was only one einstein.
  • sgvprelude, on 06/20/2008, -0/+32Waiting for a freak accident to create a superhero.
  • dafragsta, on 06/20/2008, -1/+33"Way to go Arkani-Hamed!" just doesn't have the same ring to it.
  • inactive, on 06/20/2008, -2/+31His extraordinary intellect lies in his eyebrow.
  • inactive, on 06/20/2008, -1/+30what?

    no way man
  • inactive, on 06/21/2008, -3/+29Einstein did not need a $5-10 billion particle accelerator to conceive his theories.

    “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.” --Albert Einstein

    Once you understand this quote, you will stop comparing every two-bit theoretical physicist to Einstein.



  • LongJohnSilvers, on 06/21/2008, -0/+25I have sex with black holes occasionally myself.
  • inactive, on 06/20/2008, -5/+291) Create a super particle accelerator.
    2) Turn it on.
    3) ????
    4) Run!
  • dafragsta, on 06/20/2008, -2/+26...which means you knew better and wanted to pander for easy diggs.
  • BillMoocho, on 06/20/2008, -1/+21Estimated cost between $5 billion and $10 billion????

    I saw a billboard for the lottery. It said, "Estimated lottery jackpot 55 million dollars." I did not know that was estimated. That would suck if you won and they said, "Oh, we were off by two zeroes. We estimate that you are angry." - Mitch Hedburg
  • ryleyleckie, on 06/20/2008, -0/+19we all die
  • Slick37c, on 06/21/2008, -0/+16I bet for 5 billion I could build a car that doesn't need gas and ***** my brother. Guaranteed.
  • Chiwawa, on 06/21/2008, -0/+15his brow has at least 11 dimensions
  • TheDreadDiggerD, on 06/20/2008, -1/+15How about "Dude, Where's my Boson?"
  • wonderbriefs, on 06/21/2008, -0/+14Ah, the big BANG theory!
  • InfiniteNothing, on 06/21/2008, -2/+16I bet for 5 billion I could figure out how to build a car that doesn't run on gas.
  • BetterOffEd, on 06/20/2008, -2/+155) Profit??
  • trollick, on 06/20/2008, -0/+13Hmm... Shouldn't we wait till his "revolutionary" ideas are proven true?
  • greenlight2001, on 06/20/2008, -1/+12isn't that what you're doing, too? (and myself as well?)
  • Gryffydd, on 06/20/2008, -2/+13I must have missed them when I went to buy a car...weird.
  • kotrin, on 06/20/2008, -1/+12but then there would be no catchy title
  • robdiggity, on 06/21/2008, -1/+12Wow, this was interesting to see... haydesigner (and others) clearly thought sexMeUp was saying, "Boo Iran!" when in fact he was saying, "Mad props to Persians! We're the cradle of society!"

    So in fact, it was haydesigner who made the knee-jerk (dare I say idiotic? no, too harsh) misinterpretation... now here's where it gets interesting: *his* response was essentially an attack, causing sexMeUp to respond in kind.

    Huh. I never would have though it possible that a well-intentioned westerner and a Persian could misunderstand one another so badly as to devolve into a war (of words).
  • forceuser, on 06/21/2008, -1/+12That guy is Iranian
  • TheDreadDiggerD, on 06/20/2008, -3/+13We who wear the distinguished unibrow must unite against the the tyranny of out two brow brethren. We shall make them curse their mothers and fathers for their inferior genetics! Come my brothers and sisters! Wear your unibrows proudly, for this age shall be ours!
  • lolwutpear, on 06/21/2008, -1/+11Hey Einstein, I'm on your side!
  • Laminar, on 06/20/2008, -1/+11Profit motive...
  • Gagle, on 06/21/2008, -3/+13It was not mentioned because it is irrelevant to the story.
    Also, if you left your trailer park more often, the name could've given you a hint .....
  • haydesigner, on 06/21/2008, -4/+13sexMeUp is a idiotic, knee-jerk, reactionary, fear-mongering bigot.
    Did the article mention that? No.
  • Chairboy, on 06/20/2008, -0/+9Instead, they destroyed a bunch of tropical islands and started craaaazy changes in music videos.
  • goddessophia, on 06/20/2008, -0/+9Well, then he is wrong but at least all his work and research will serve to aid the next generation of physicist. That's what science is all about, its not about being right, its about being most accurate. It takes many more wrong answers to get to a right answer but when you get to the right answer it just might change our understanding of reality all together.
  • Viz200, on 06/20/2008, -0/+917 Days and counting until activation of LHC, and it's great that the public excitement is building.

    And no, there will not be earth destroying mink black holes.

    Michio Kaku on what we hope to see when the LHC is fired up:

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=rk8Vr00EBHA

  • Ne007, on 06/21/2008, -0/+8http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/74436/The-Tent ...
  • aComa, on 06/21/2008, -0/+8Yes, because the energy to power the car comes from...?

    Electric cars are just one example of a car that does not run on gas btw.
  • sesstreets, on 06/21/2008, -0/+8And if he was so ***** what?
  • Suits, on 06/20/2008, -3/+11Nima Arkani-Hamed: Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?
    Westley: Yes.
    Nima Arkani-Hamed: Morons.

    Associated Press Confirms.
  • dafragsta, on 06/20/2008, -0/+7No, that's the guy who built a theoretical unified model based on the E8 pattern.
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/e ...
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