BLACK HOLES, WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE! According to a scientist/spokesman for CERN interviewed on PBS Evening News the day before the LHC was to go into operation, he claimed that there was nothing to worry about. They do indeed expect black holes to form, but they will disappear almost instantly, and furthermore he explained that these black holes are created in nature all the time. Past our atmosphere in space these particles are moving at the speed of light banging one another all the time, nothing to worry about. What they're excited about is that this will be the first time that the black holes will be created in the lab under controlled conditions. The Atlantic had a cr*ppy article on the dangers of the project and in a very flippant manner explained that we may all die once the switch was turned on, another example of an irresponsible piece written just for sensationalism.