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Re:Quench of LHC inner triplet magnet causes a small leak wi... by zamalek on Friday July 21, 2023 @04:56AM (#36811604)
You never know, it might have been one of those time-travelling tachyons coming back to prevent its own creation (an actual conspiracy theory during the initial problems at LHC).

For anyone genuinely concerned about LHC, we've detected cosmic rays hitting our atmosphere at orders of magnitude more energy than what LHC is doing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh-My-God_particle

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Re:Quench of LHC inner triplet magnet causes a small leak wi... by Filligree on Friday July 21, 2023 @05:07AM (#36811668)
Not sure how seriously anyone ever took it, but-

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/C2uvzYeoMkwMmscMx/hamster-in...

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Re:Quench of LHC inner triplet magnet causes a small leak wi... by throttlebody on Friday July 21, 2023 @12:20PM (#36815722)
How does that bode for space travel and being on the moon. That's a lot of energy
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Re:Quench of LHC inner triplet magnet causes a small leak wi... by zamalek on Friday July 21, 2023 @06:07PM (#36820573)
A few inches of water or regolith would probably be enough for shielding.
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