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Comment by Walter L. Wagner

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Former nuclear safety officer and LHC-safety litigant who studied cosmic-ray physics at UC Berkeley.
Despite assurances from scientists at CERN and around the world, there was no proof a mini-black hole would disappear. [...] It’s just as possible that the tiny black hole would be stable and start chewing up normal matter.
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Walter L. Wagner quoted in John Johnson Jr., “The end of the world as we know it,” Los Angeles Times, April 13, 2008.
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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 Relevant: Wagner says a mini-black hole might be stable and chew up normal matter, which is directly about whether the LHC poses a credible Earth-destruction risk. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2h ago
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AI Verified Correct answer is against: Wagner says a mini-black hole might be stable and start chewing up normal matter, which directly contradicts the no-credible-risk statement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2h ago

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AI Verified Authentic: the LA Times article quotes Walter L. Wagner saying there was no proof a mini-black hole would disappear and it could start chewing up normal matter (Apr. 13, 2008). · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2h ago
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