From: Chris Russo (extropy@russo.org)
Date: Fri Jan 26 2001 - 06:40:36 MST
> >> >But now physicists believe they may be able to bridge
>>> >the gap by studying tiny 'black holes' created in the laboratory.
>>>
>>> Given the enormous probability of other life in the universe, I've
>>> often wondered if the reason that we've never encountered them is
>>> because there are certain technologies and experiments along the path
>>> to knowledge that inevitably end up destroying your planet.
>
>Ack.
>
>It might help for people to *read* the original brief news report
>
>http://physicsweb.org/article/news/5/1/11
>
>(which discusses an idea raised quite some months ago) before running off
>at the keyboard in an excited fashion. The lab pseudo-singularities
>proposed are *not* repeat NOT gravitational singularities. They are
>possibly heuristically useful toys using acoustics and optics. No planets
>will be destroyed in the making of these experiments.
Yeah, that's exactly what the Beldevians in the Ursa Major constellation said.
Regards,
Chris Russo
--
"If anyone can show me, and prove to me, that I am wrong in thought
or deed, I will gladly change. I seek the truth, which never yet
hurt anybody. It is only persistence in self-delusion and ignorance
which does harm."
-- Marcus Aurelius, MEDITATIONS, VI, 21
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