Katie in Chicago (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} pass_da_pierogi) wrote,@ 2008-09-19 14:48:00 |
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Apocalypse as good PR
Someone sitting in the public affairs office just remarked, "Irrational alarm is a social lubricant."
He's totally amused at the idea that people think the Large Hadron Collider is going to end the world. And he's excited at how much it's invited the public at large into the dialog about the future of particle physics.
"What are those things that propogate themselves? Memes? This is a meme. It's been amazing to watch.
"That guy who started the lawsuit? Someone should have paid him."
Someone sitting in the public affairs office just remarked, "Irrational alarm is a social lubricant."
He's totally amused at the idea that people think the Large Hadron Collider is going to end the world. And he's excited at how much it's invited the public at large into the dialog about the future of particle physics.
"What are those things that propogate themselves? Memes? This is a meme. It's been amazing to watch.
"That guy who started the lawsuit? Someone should have paid him."
