We're All Doomed ! .....possibly

The end of the earth may be nigh.

This is because of the impending startup of the Large Hadron Collider at Cern (European Centre for Nuclear Research). Apparently It will start smashing protons together this summer, in the hope of grabbing particles that may have existed a trillionth of a second after the Big Bang.

This is all very good, and as a one time failed Physics undergraduate, I'm all for smashing things together in the name of science. It is amazing to think that we could have a indication of the universe at the moment of the Big Bang. Although if they could produce a particle from before the BB I would be more impressed.

Anyway there are critics who contend that this experiment could create a Black Hole, or a parallel universe that could destroy the earth. Now granted this risk is smaller than minuscule. Some have put it at less than 1 in 50 million. Now I guess those odds are longer than the chance of me being run down by a bus driven by Elvis, but to give it some perspective, millions of people gamble on the Euro Millions lottery with similar odds for a win.

Mind you. In a world where Boris Johnson is London Mayor and Stoke City are in the Premiership, perhaps we are already in a parallel universe

At time like these I like to turn to the wisdom of The 'Tap

As David St Hubbins and Nigel Tuffnell would put it "How much more Black could a Black Hole be ? Answer none, none more Black" and "It's such a fine line between Stupid and Clever"

Smell The Glove 1982

I am sure we would all echo those sentiments

Now the risk I have to weigh up. If the world could end in July, should I pay that Council Tax reminder, or spend the money on Chocolate and look Armageddon in the face, fatter but Happy