Being an avid physics enthusiast (aka Nerd) I am very keen on knowing every new discovery in the Scientific field as it kinda ties up our pre-existing knowledge of the physical world and the interaction between its constituents. Also the horoscope shit I talked about earlier. Each study conducted in physics shines more light on the universe (technically the universe shines on us because of all the stars...nerd joke) and its hidden mysteries, unsolved questions of physics, advancing human understanding of physical laws.
Few centuries ago, the study of motion and gravity constituted mainstream physics. After years of groundbreaking discoveries, scientists like Einstein tried to come up with a unifying theory - one that tied up all the known theories into one with a common denominator/factor. And for that, the study of atomic and subatomic particles became necessary and the whole scientific field turned towards development of the technology to do so. In 1954 CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research...somebody is bad at acronyms) was established and it houses the largest particle physics laboratory in the world. Also, being a huge establishment with thousands of the brightest scientists from all around the world, communication between its members within its housing facilities as well as outside became an issue. And so they invented the World Wide Web. Essentially the Internet. Badass much?
The people at CERN are obssessed with particles. It is obviously difficult to get these particles with varying charges away from each other 'cause...you know...opposites attract and vice versa (Hmm..are there any gay particles?). So what they essentially decided to do was to induce collisions between atoms accelerated at extremely impossible velocities (1/5th the speed of light). In layman terms that's like colliding race cars to learn about its parts that've come undone after the collision (might not sound smart, but it is). To get more parts undone one might need to accelerate the colliding cars more. Similarly to accelerate these tiny ass atoms to result in a collision large enough to reveal its basic constituents, the people at CERN built numerous accelerators. The largest of these is the Large Hadron Collidor or the LHC.
The LHC is a circular tunnel with 27km circumference thats located 100 metres underground and spans underneath 3 different countries. It is the world's most powerful particle collider, the largest and most complex experimental facility ever built, and the largest single machine in the world. The LHC's aim is to allow physicists to test the predictions of different theories of particle physics, high-energy physics and in particular, to prove or disprove the existence of the theorized Higgs boson and the large family of new particles predicted by supersymmetric theories. (This bit is straight off Wikipedia). They use extremely huge-ass ultra powerful electromagnets to create acceleration within the tunnel(Yup. Wikipedia).
Out of the 7 projects that've been planned for the LHC, only one has been completed in 2013 where they proved the Higgs boson particle. The second study which is unrelated to the first one started this year in April.
On a different note, you must've surely heard about the earthquake in Nepal. It killed more than 8,800 people and injured more than 23,000 and was of a magnitude of 7.8M (I don't know what exactly the Moment Magnitiude scale is, but I assure you it was Ginormous for an inland earthquake). There were after-shocks following it that were nearly of same intensity (~6). And also few days later in May there was a Major after shock (7.3). Shaking was felt in northern parts of India including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Tremors were felt as far as about 2400 kilometers away from the epicenter in Chennai.
Minutes later, another 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal with its epicenter in east Kathmandu. The earthquake was felt in Bangladesh, China and many other states in India. The impact of these tremors was felt even 1,000 kilometres away in New Delhi, where buildings shook and office workers evacuated.
Now here's the interesting bit.
The LHC I'd talked about earlier (if you've forgotten already, you may now proceed to opening a new tab and searching the following on google - "Who killed Kalpana") had started its second project after upgrading its Supermagnets from last time to almost double its collision energy to 13TeV. (1TeV is about the energy of motion of a flying mosquito. True story)
This time CERN announced that their focus is to “capture dark matter” and on “the discovery of other dimensions”. But what they seem to have acheived is create mass devastation and death. Yes, I'm suggesting that the two events are related, The LHC was turned on on April 5th and sequentially its collision energy was increased over the days leading to April 20th when it was at its highest. Usually after each experimental run the high speed particles and subparticles (now, waste products) are dumped into the earth itself. According to the CERN website, on 25th April they had dumped thrice and the third one corresponded to EXACTLY the moment the Nepal earthquake struck. There is a video somewhere on YouTube about this.
This time CERN announced that their focus is to “capture dark matter” and on “the discovery of other dimensions”. But what they seem to have acheived is create mass devastation and death. Yes, I'm suggesting that the two events are related, The LHC was turned on on April 5th and sequentially its collision energy was increased over the days leading to April 20th when it was at its highest. Usually after each experimental run the high speed particles and subparticles (now, waste products) are dumped into the earth itself. According to the CERN website, on 25th April they had dumped thrice and the third one corresponded to EXACTLY the moment the Nepal earthquake struck. There is a video somewhere on YouTube about this.
This doesn't seem to be the first time either. In 2010, mass LHC activity at CERN coincided with the 8.8 Chilean earthquake.
Before the completion of work on the LHC, there was a wide spread media propaganda about the risk of replication of the Big Bang on the Earth if they turned it on. It even got Stephen Hawking worried about the space-time continuum(time travel??) Well if not a Big Bang, they seemed to have gotten a Big Buzz out of it. And the work ain't done yet, Its been on since April and the last significant experiment was on 3rd of June. If I'm right, then "Picture Abhi Baki Hain Mere Dosth"
So what do you think?? Is the study of science using extremely unpredictable methods, but with assured results, acceptable when it may or may not have had a hand in the generation of a significant "natural" disaster? Please do comment below
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