This reminds me of people freaking out over particle accelerators. Will it create a black hole???
Only they don’t know that the Earth is regularly bombarded with high energy particles from space. The reason we need particle accelerators is so that we can accelerate the desired types of particles to the desired speed, and aim them at the desired place.
There are carbon atoms splitting (decaying) inside of you right now. This is why carbon dating works. Do you notice them?
Yeah, unless the atom in question is neutronium, you won’t notice and if it is neutronium, you have all kinds of issues even without splitting it.
This reminds me of people freaking out over particle accelerators. Will it create a black hole???
Only they don’t know that the Earth is regularly bombarded with high energy particles from space. The reason we need particle accelerators is so that we can accelerate the desired types of particles to the desired speed, and aim them at the desired place.
Silly talk: Idk… I sometimes get this weird, tingling feeling through my whole body. You think it might be carbon decay?
Not unless you feel it all the time (and even if you do, the energy released is not enough to activate nerve endings).