LHC will not destroy the universe in 5 days - Boing Boing

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boingboing.net — a The Safety Assessment Group writes, “Nature has already conducted the equivalent of about a hundred thousand LHC experimental programmes on Earth – and the planet still exists.”

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  1. "Look, it's a 10^-19 chance, and you've got a 10^-11 chance of suddenly evaporating while shaving."

    Darn! From now on I won't shave anymore, just to be on the safe side ;-p

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  2. According to a NYT article it's the same probability as winning in the lottery. I think some people DO win, don't they?

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