Kevin comments on Open Thread: March 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Kevin 10 March 2010 03:24:10AM 3 points [-]

LHC to shut down for a year to address safety concerns: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8556621.stm

Comment author: Kevin 10 March 2010 09:43:45AM 3 points [-]

Apparently this is shoddy journalism. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1180487

Comment author: Jack 10 March 2010 06:53:16AM 0 points [-]

So do we count this as additional evidence that some anthropic selection is in effect even though it is causally connected to the earlier breakdown?

Comment author: RichardKennaway 10 March 2010 09:27:12AM 1 point [-]

I like this quote from the director:

"With a machine like the LHC, you only build one and you only build it once."