Exist Harder

This episode we discuss some of the bizarre conspiracy theories involving the Large Hadron Collider. Some people believe that the LHC is a device for summoning ancient gods, and others believe that it will create a black hole and kill us all. This episode we discuss what the LHC actually does and why people are so freaked out by it.  Links for episode: https://home.cern/science/accelerators/large-hadron-collider https://plus.maths.org/content/lhc-dummies https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2016/03/11/could-the-lhc-make-an-earth-killing-black-hole/#423f06c62ed5 http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread557987/pg1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEXhsDCm4Ag https://science.howstuffworks.com/higgs-boson.htm