Irony and Self-Deprecation

So there's this particle collider thingy, and some people are afraid that it could cause a black hole that could destroy the earth/universe. (NY Times link via liberalrage)

I am just incredibly amused by the whole idea that the earth could end that way. It seems so anticlimatic. Like, everything in the universe just ending with some scientist in Geneva saying, "Woops!"

I also really like the idea of the world ending that way. It seems like it would be a quick and painless apocalypse. And I completely support the idea of a quick and painless apocalypse opposed to a nuclear war, or an asteroid, or some other terrible thing that wouldn't completely end the world, but just leave a few stragglers behind on a fucked up post-apocalyptic world.

Aaaaanyway, this bit is just awesome:

Dr. Arkani-Hamed said concerning worries about the death of the Earth or universe, “Neither has any merit.” He pointed out that because ofthe dice-throwing nature of quantum physics, there was some probability of almost anything happening. There is some minuscule probability, he said, “the Large Hadron Collider might make dragons that might eat us up.”

DUDE! A dragon apocalypse would be fucking awesome! Waaay better than a zombie apocalypse (which is one of my greatest irrational fears), because a dragon apocalypse would just look so much cooler. Before you die you get to see a FUCKING DRAGON SWOOP IN FOR THE KILL! My dying thoughts would be, "HOLY SHIT I'M GOING TO DIE! OMG LOOK AT THE DRAGON! AWESOME!"

EDIT: I was just thinking, this whole scenario, black holes and dragons, could be is probably a fucking awesome episode of Doctor Who.