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Comment by Becky Smethurst

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Astrophysicist and science communicator who discussed black-hole safety at the LHC in 2026.
“We don't have the technology to do that. But I think it is worth saying that if you could do this, it would be safe.”
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The Supermassive Podcast transcript, “Black holes in the lab and meeting Ryan Gosling”
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The Large Hadron Collider poses no credible risk of destroying Earth by creating a microscopic black hole
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AI Verified The quote addresses the safety of lab-created black holes in the same collider-risk discussion, so it is relevant to the statement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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AI Verified The quote explicitly says such a black hole would be safe, matching `for` on the statement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Verified The Supermassive Podcast transcript says we do not have the technology to make such a black hole and that if we could, it would be safe; exact wording matches the stored quote. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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