Expert: Philip Stahl - 9/11/2008

Question
it says on foxnews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,418204,00.html
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/09/08/lhc.collider/index.html

"Nothing will happen for at least four years," retired German Otto Rossler told the Mail. "Then someone will spot a light ray coming out of the Indian Ocean during the night and no one will be able to explain it."

kind of sounds like it aligns with the 2012 mayan date ...
anyhow i was wondering if the super collider over in europe is going to make a black hole?

i've heard that the hawking theory or something says that the black hole will dissolve because there is not enough energy to make them expand more...

is that true or will the black hole consume the earth as all the right wing people are all worried about it and how long is it going to take lol  

Answer
Hello,

All this hype about yet another "cosmic catastrophe" (this time initiated by "careless" humans on Earth)is merely a storm in a teacup. Roessler is entitled to his opinions, of course, but in the end , if he wishes to be taken seriously -they have to be based upon hard science - and the best evidence for that is having published his "theory" of mini-black hole disaster in a journal like Physical Review D. Since he knew the LHC was coming online, and had to have the parameters for the alleged disaster in his mind BEFORE he raises his concerns, then *where* is the paper?

I haven't seen anything! The only conclusion is that if there was indeed a paper, and he submitted it to a proper peer-reviewed journal it was most likely rejected by the journal's referees. That means they decided he had nothing to go on.

Whether there existed an earlier "Mayan" date of end-of world prediction is irrelevant, since in the end Roessler has to make his case independently.

As for Hawking, his basic theory (actually hypothesis) for the mini-black hole is that it is essentially sub-quantal in scale and thus disspates within nanoseconds (or less) of formation. I see no reason to object to this. Thus, I see no reason at all to be concerned about some "black hole" that will consume the Earth. The physical parameters simply aren't there to support it - even after the LHC is fully revved up in about a year.

As I've repeatedly noted to others who have expressed fears about everything from exploding stars (supernovae) to flipping magnetic poles and the solar system passing through the plane of the galaxy, there are far more substantive worries than these esoteric ones - and much much closer to home. I am referring, of course, to man-engendered global warming, which we ignore at our peril.