Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Year Zero

So this year when some crazy naked person comes to your door and tells you that they are a cyborg and that they have traveled through time to protect you. You might want to think about letting them in. Yes, the year of our lord 2008 could very well be one of the coolest years in history. It could be considered to be "year zero". I'm not talking about the NINs album, that was last year. I am talking about time travel geek jargon. Year zero is referring to the first year that it might be "possible" to see strange cyborgs from the future. The reason being because, as some theorize, in order to travel back in time you would need some sort of wormhole. A door if you will, to be able to travel through. Well it just so happens that the largest particle accelerator ever built is going to be turned on this year. Like all things in science that we don't really understand that well we of course have to create and tinker with. The same tinkering that caused people in Utah to get a nice dusting of radioactive fallout back in the 50's. When the Hadron Collider at CERN gets turned on some scientists believe that it might possibly create wormholes or black holes. Now granted full blown naked cyborgs probably won't start appearing in dark alleys but may be particles from future experiments could show up. May be even messages could be communicated in some strange particle morse code. None the less weird shit will ensue. The real one to watch for will be the ITER fusion reactor that will be turned on in 2014. When it goes live it will be creating gases in an excess of 1 million degrees. Be sure to get your sun screen out and a good pair of shades, you are gonna need them....

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