"Physicists investigating the Large Hadron Collider evaluated hypothetical catastrophic scenarios and concluded that its collisions present no associated danger."
The LHC Safety Assessment Group systematically examined hypothetical hazards involving microscopic black holes, vacuum bubbles, strangelets and other exotic phenomena. The review provides a technical foundation for the podcast's discussion of scientific confidence, risk assessment and the difficulty of distinguishing unsupported catastrophic speculation from meaningful uncertainty.
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