Comments on: Some feedback on the Large Hadron Collider http://www.skepticblog.org/2010/02/25/some-feedback-on-the-large-hadron-collider/ The official blog of the Skeptologists Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:44:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Herlin http://www.skepticblog.org/2010/02/25/some-feedback-on-the-large-hadron-collider/#comment-24998 Herlin Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:11:52 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=6826#comment-24998 It might have saved them a lot of time and money to have understood the composition and structure of the particles before they built the machine. Ignorance is bliss. It might have saved them a lot of time and money to have understood the composition and structure of the particles before they built the machine. Ignorance is bliss.

]]> By: slancio http://www.skepticblog.org/2010/02/25/some-feedback-on-the-large-hadron-collider/#comment-18958 slancio Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:30:24 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=6826#comment-18958 Hey Brian... nice job deconstructing this guy. I'm a long time listener to your podcast... I just had to write in to tell you that I always pictured you as a fat, pasty, nerdy looking computer geek. I have NO reason to have done so... just always did. I was surprised to finally see your picture. Thought you'd get a kick out of that. Hey Brian… nice job deconstructing this guy.

I’m a long time listener to your podcast… I just had to write in to tell you that I always pictured you as a fat, pasty, nerdy looking computer geek. I have NO reason to have done so… just always did. I was surprised to finally see your picture.

Thought you’d get a kick out of that.

]]> By: OJB http://www.skepticblog.org/2010/02/25/some-feedback-on-the-large-hadron-collider/#comment-18567 OJB Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:37:53 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=6826#comment-18567 Unfortunately the most ignorant people are often the hardest to convince. I constantly find this when debating global warming deniers and creationists. They just don't know enough to know they are wrong. Its like debating quantum theory with a 3 year old! Unfortunately the most ignorant people are often the hardest to convince. I constantly find this when debating global warming deniers and creationists. They just don’t know enough to know they are wrong. Its like debating quantum theory with a 3 year old!

]]> By: keith 'merv' swift http://www.skepticblog.org/2010/02/25/some-feedback-on-the-large-hadron-collider/#comment-18538 keith 'merv' swift Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:21:03 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=6826#comment-18538 Wow! when did Plato reincarnate? Did I miss something in logic class? Fallacy??? Are you kidding me? Excuse me while I apply some leaches. The only 'fallacy' here is that perhaps you stopped thinking too soon. Yup, particle acceleration has been going on now for quite some time with no notable side effects. I, for one, am glad that being hit on the head by an apple didn't stop a young man from wondering why... Wow! when did Plato reincarnate? Did I miss something in logic class? Fallacy??? Are you kidding me? Excuse me while I apply some leaches.
The only ‘fallacy’ here is that perhaps you stopped thinking too soon. Yup, particle acceleration has been going on now for quite some time with no notable side effects. I, for one, am glad that being hit on the head by an apple didn’t stop a young man from wondering why…

]]> By: stargazer9915 http://www.skepticblog.org/2010/02/25/some-feedback-on-the-large-hadron-collider/#comment-18526 stargazer9915 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:21:12 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=6826#comment-18526 If the LHC collided that much stupidity with another just like it, then maybe they would find the higgs boson. ...Or, maybe the cosmic rays have already gotten to this one's brain and took out the few smart particles he already has. And yes, ad hominem works when it's true. If the LHC collided that much stupidity with another just like it, then maybe they would find the higgs boson.

…Or, maybe the cosmic rays have already gotten to this one’s brain and took out the few smart particles he already has. And yes, ad hominem works when it’s true.

]]> By: kabol http://www.skepticblog.org/2010/02/25/some-feedback-on-the-large-hadron-collider/#comment-18520 kabol Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:01:02 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=6826#comment-18520 i'm not too proud to say i wouldn't want a LHC in my backyard. i'm also not too stupid to realize that what i want and what i get won't always match. manhattan project. i’m not too proud to say i wouldn’t want a LHC in my backyard.
i’m also not too stupid to realize that what i want and what i get won’t always match.

manhattan project.

]]> By: Jason M http://www.skepticblog.org/2010/02/25/some-feedback-on-the-large-hadron-collider/#comment-18514 Jason M Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:38:00 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=6826#comment-18514 Ouch. I was actually starting to feel sorry for Nick by the end. But then again, who decides to enter into an argument about particle physics without having any idea of what cosmic rays are? A nice illustration of the Dunning-Kruger effect, which I think has already been pointed out on this blog. Bertrand Russel's quote about it is great: "The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." Ouch. I was actually starting to feel sorry for Nick by the end. But then again, who decides to enter into an argument about particle physics without having any idea of what cosmic rays are? A nice illustration of the Dunning-Kruger effect, which I think has already been pointed out on this blog. Bertrand Russel’s quote about it is great:

“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.”

]]> By: splicer http://www.skepticblog.org/2010/02/25/some-feedback-on-the-large-hadron-collider/#comment-18512 splicer Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:19:56 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=6826#comment-18512 Brian I'm curious about colliders. I know that we have several here in the U.S. and am wondering what kind of science we will be seeing out of them in the future. I expect that the LHC would perhaps make some of what they do obsolete but I don't understand what they all do, or how. Brian I’m curious about colliders. I know that we have several here in the U.S. and am wondering what kind of science we will be seeing out of them in the future. I expect that the LHC would perhaps make some of what they do obsolete but I don’t understand what they all do, or how.

]]> By: Ben http://www.skepticblog.org/2010/02/25/some-feedback-on-the-large-hadron-collider/#comment-18494 Ben Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:21:37 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=6826#comment-18494 I have just discovered the facepalm particle! I have just discovered the facepalm particle!

]]> By: Robo Sapien http://www.skepticblog.org/2010/02/25/some-feedback-on-the-large-hadron-collider/#comment-18489 Robo Sapien Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:02:42 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=6826#comment-18489 That actually happened to me this morning, I wasn't able to get to work until I re-condensed on the outside of a cold glass. That actually happened to me this morning, I wasn’t able to get to work until I re-condensed on the outside of a cold glass.

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