The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) – a 17 mile long particle accelerator on the France/Switzerland border – has been a center of controversy ever since its construction began.
Pseudoscientists, religious nuts and fear-mongering journalists have speculated that the colliding particles will create a black hole that would swallow the earth, or whatever other crappy idea their elementary school level understanding of particle physics puts in their heads.
Kid’s author Dan Brown in his “book” Angels and Demons wrote the LHC was producing weaponized antimatter and even Time magazine aimlessly speculated that damage last month to the LHC was due to a time-traveling bird attempting to stop the future apocalypse (I wish I was making that up).
So why would anybody be scared of the LHC? That would be a ridiculous conclusion to arrive at now wouldn’t it… Dave.
Special thanks to redditor d3aj for the comparison.
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Hexagon to octogon ?
They’re definitely both octagons.