Sep 09, 2008 22:51
Now I'm not a scientist, and I am in no way qualified to deem an experiment as 'irresponsible science,' but if the CERN super collider sucks us all into oblivion before the Mighty Narwhale album comes out, I'll be the first one in purgatory to tell you that we were cursed from the get-go. What other major life events would be cut short?
Your parents just pay off their house. BOOF!
A baby about to solve the world's most difficult math equation. BOOF!
Me, about to make the perfect sandwich, " Just one more slice of avocado aaaaand...." BOOF!
We talked at great length about this subject at work today, and the saddest part about the whole potential-disaster-end-of-the-world business is that we wouldn't be around to laugh about the irony of it all.
There's a 99.999999999999999999999999999999 and so on percent chance that things will be fine, but like Ian Malcolm said, " ...your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
It's just like a human being to bring about the end by obsessing about the beginning. And yes, it all does come back to Jurassic Park.