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Most of you have heard about the commissioning of the Large Hadron Colider (LHC) by CERN and then the explosion of Helium followed by a postponement of operation until spring next year.  One of the worries some people had was that a mini black hole would be created by the collsions.  Also, the anthropic principle in one of its forms suggests that every possible universe exists but we see only our universe because it's the one in which intelligent observers exist.

Following the shutdown of the LHC comes one of the best comments on the matter that I've seen.  From Peter Woit's "Not Even Wrong" blog on the shutdown of the LHC: