tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post1869618030813482573..comments2024-03-02T02:26:00.928-05:00Comments on bleakonomy: Brace yourselvestetracontadigonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04604381739383227553noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-79622531936913346592009-12-08T19:27:16.916-05:002009-12-08T19:27:16.916-05:00sarah and michelle have already met, during the ca...sarah and michelle have already met, during the campaign, so you really don't have to be afraid. <br /><br />charoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-91480298293911969092009-12-08T10:45:08.799-05:002009-12-08T10:45:08.799-05:00The LHC is running, but well below peak power, whi...The LHC is running, but well below peak power, which is where all the fascinating physics happens. It is also where spacetime is supposedly endangered, although Mama Nature can do very high energy cosmic rays, which exceed the collision energy of the LHC. OTOH, the Fermi Paradox seems to have a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Filter" rel="nofollow">Great Filter</a> that weeds out intelligent civilizations which can build radio transmitters, so maybe we've overlooked something about smashing single protons with the <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/12/01/lhc-update-its-now-all-powerful/" rel="nofollow">kinetic energy of a raindrop</a> into each other.<br /><br />And for added Bleakonomy goodness, I (sadly, as you'll see) give you the <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/12/02/australian-skeptics-cheer-david-and-toni-mccaffery/" rel="nofollow">Ozzie Fred Award winners</a> for properly labelling the antivaxxers as the menace to public health that they are.Gadfly Johnnoreply@blogger.com