Wherin the Pattern gains insight into the Weaver, Part 2

2 days until the Large Haldron Collider goes on line! So excited!

What's this, you ask? either look it up (for the facts) or read below. (for the fun) good keywords to google: CERN LHC alpinekat

Deep underground in the border of Switzerland and France… there is a Ring.

As far as particle physics is concerned, this ring is the king, in terms of size and energy.
This ring will find the elusive Higgs boson, which some call “The God particle”.
In the Darkness, this ring will bind lead ions together, creating a miniature big bang.

Man’s understanding of the Universe will change, and the nerds will be frolicking like hobbits.

Or the Earth will be destroyed in some form of catastrophic event. This is an unlikely scenario, especially since really, the LHC isn’t doing anything that isn’t already happening billions of times a second across the universe, and even right here at home.
So what’s the big deal? Well, the conditions within the ring are the closest we’ve ever gotten to creating the conditions before the beginning of the universe, more sterile than Outer Space….

Or God Himself will come out of the heavens saying, “YoyoyoyoyooyoyoyoyYOYOYOYOYOYOYO! What’s this mumbo jumbo I’m hearin’ about you kids findin’ particles of me layin’ round? It ain’t right, I tell you; you can’t be findin’ scientific proof that I exist! What are all the poor atheists gonna do? Ever think of that, huh? Why I got half a mind to smite you hairy-footed bastards right here and now!” To quell this apocalyptic fury, we, the mortals would explain that the Higgs particle is only called the God particle out of respect for the fact that it is the explanation of why things have mass, a fundamental question of science, not because we believe it’s truly particles of God.

Besides, if the world did suddenly get Ice-9ed by Strange Matter and wiped out all life on the planet, I’m sure it would be too sudden to notice.

So really we’re looking at either greater and profound understanding of the universe (the more likely scenario) or instantaneous annihilation (you have better odds of being crushed by a piano on your way to work this morning that this happening).

Don’t know about you, but it sounds win-win to me!