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I can't resist sharing this news item today. Both Libby and I enjoyed belly laughs upon reading it.
"Is Douglas Adams scripting the saga of sorrows facing the LHC? These time-traveling Higgs-Boson particles certainly exhibit the sign of his absurd sense of humor! Perhaps it is the Universe itself, conspiring against the revelations intimated by the operation of CERN'sLarge Hadron Collider? This time, it is not falling cranes, cracked magnets, liquid helium leaks or even links to Al Qaeda, that have halted man's efforts to understand the meaning of life, the universe and everything. It now appears that the collider is hindered from an initial firing by a baguette, dropped by a passing bird: 'The bird dropped some bread on a section of outdoor machinery, eventually leading to significant overheating in parts of the accelerator. The LHC was not operational at the time of the incident, but the spike produced so much heat that had the beam been on, automatic failsafes would have shut down the machine."
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Hey, I had that theory first! Of course I'm not a noted physicist and I didn't publish my theory so I guess that's why it didn't attract any attention. Their theory is a bit more sophisticated though and mine is a bit more Hollywood. My theory is that the successful production of the Higgs boson gives us the capability of time travel. At first this ability is used for noble purposes but inevitably people start to use it selfishly (e.g. going back three days to buy a lottery ticket). This eventually leads to the collapse of society and the downfall of mankind. In a last ditch effort to save humanity from itself a dedicated group of volunteers is using the sole remaining Higgs boson time machine to travel back in time and sabotage the LHC. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Maybe we can get James Cameron to direct it. ;-)
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