I'm serious about this. We really do not need to know about black holes or the origins of the universe this badly.
The European Center for Nuclear Research runs a facility called the Large Hadron Collider. It plans this summer to initiate a sequence of events that will create a black hole somewhere near Geneva, Switzerland.
No, this is not a story from News of the World. It is a Fox News item.
The intent is to recreate the physical universe as it was at the moment of the Big Bang, in other words, make a point with infinite density occupying no space. Scientists call this a singularity. Singularities in space are commonly called black holes.
Black holes create gravitational forces so powerful that light cannot escape. European scientists assure us that this one will be formed and dissipated in such a short amount of time that the planet will not be affected.
Whew! I feel much better now!
Here is the problem. The Big Bang is a theory while the existence of black holes is a scientific fact. We do not even have a theory to explain what happens in or near black holes. University of Alabama scientists protest that the would be black hole creators have not done their math correctly . . . and not accounted for the possibility that the four dimensional universe is actually embedded in a five dimensional space.
Conservatives will go on and on about cloning being contrary to the will of God. Some liberals will fight tooth and nail against nuclear power because of Chernobyl. In black holes lie the most potent secrets of the universe. Are we ready for them?
In the Book of Exodus, God warns Moses that He cannot reveal His face to human beings because it would destroy them. Humanity cannot handle the power of looking into the visage of God. The most blessed can see the hem of a robe, but not His full majesty. Black holes would seem to be another image that humans should not look at from too close a distance.
Some things we just were not meant to do. I would include making black holes on Earth as one of them.
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