Einstein saw that clocks located \u201cmore downstairs\u201d in an accelerating rocket predictably tick slower. This was his \u201chappiest thought\u201d as he often said.<\/p>\n
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However,as everything looks normal on the lower floor, the normal-appearing photons generated there do actually have less mass-energy. So do all local masses there by general covariance, and hence also all associated charges down there.<\/p>\n
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The last two implications were overlooked for a century. \u201cThis cannot be,\u201d more than 30 renowned scientists declared, to let a prestigious experiment with which they have ties appear innocuous.<\/p>\n
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This would make for an ideal script to movie makers and for a bonanza to metrologists. But why the political undertones above? Because, like the bomb, this new crumb from Einstein\u2019s table has a potentially unbounded impact. Only if it gets appreciated within a few days time, all human beings \u2014 including the Egyptians \u2014 can breathe freely again.<\/p>\n
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This appreciation is vital for the planet \u2014 before the LHC machine at CERN will be re-ignited within a matter of days. No one at CERN disputes that the finding radically alters the safety equation. They only claim that the result is \u201cabsolute nonsense\u201d and not even worth being discussed publicly.<\/p>\n
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CERN says \u201czero risk\u201d of the planet getting shrunk to 2 cm in perhaps five years time \u2014 I say \u201c8 percent risk\u201d if the machine continues. This clearly deserves a mediating conference \u2014 as a judge strongly advised CERN on January 27, 2011 at a court hearing in Cologne, Germany (13 K 5693\/08).<\/p>\n
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To insist on clarification about the \u201cultimate slow bomb at CERN\u201d is a logical necessity. Is any couple in love or any parent NOT joining me in demanding the public safety conference before it is too late?<\/p>\n
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Otto E. Rossler, chaos researcher, University of Tubingen, Germany (For J.O.R.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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