What does the Large Hadron Collider do?

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Hey friends!

Most days I wake up and I’m able to tie my shoes without having to look up the manual so I have that going.

Concerning the Collider, imagine I know zero scientific terms and you don’t say stuff like “protons” or “particles”. Most P words are most likely banned.

I’m happy with the broadest, vaguest definition because the nitty gritty details are like Greek to me.

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Sidebar question – I remember when the LHC was coming on line years ago, and the internet was saying that a black hole could be created, and of course people who do not fully understand how things work, panicked. I was one of those people who don’t understand how it works, but presumed the panic was stupid and unjustified simply because I don’t think we live in a world (yet) where mad scientists want to destroy humanity to get an answer to a question.

So was there actually any legitimate concern about the LHC unintentionally “creating a black hole”?

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