On the Large Hadron Collider and Slaughterhouse 5

[holly_evolving]

Tralfamadorian speaker: We know how the world ends and it has nothing to do with Earth, except that it gets wiped out too.
Billy Pilgrim: Really? How does it end?
Tralfamadorian speaker: While we're experimenting with new fuels, a Tralfamadorian test pilot panics, presses the wrong button, and the whole universe disappears.
Billy Pilgrim: But you have to stop him. If you know this, can't you keep the pilot from pressing ...
Tralfamadorian speaker: He has always pressed it, and he always will. We have always let him, and we always will let him. The moment is structured that way.

Comments

[professorbird.livejournal.com]

Can it happen before I finish having to suffer through these midterms? Please????

[holly-evolving.livejournal.com]

October 28 they are crossing the streams.

[professorbird.livejournal.com]

Well, the good news is that I always have something to grade.
The bad news is that I always have something to grade?