Bizzaro Me in a Hat

Anybody see this story during their daily perusal of The New Zealand Herald?

Baby Bang experiment could open door to new dimension

Deep underground on the Franco-Swiss border, someone will throw a switch next year to start one of the most ambitious experiments in history, probing the secrets of the universe and possibly finding new dimensions...

"We are going to make mini Big Bangs.

"There has never been such a jump in particle physics. It will go into an area that we don't really understand," he added...

If the theories are correct, the machine will create tiny black holes that evaporate and possibly even find particles that offer evidence that the three dimensions known to mankind are just a fraction of those that exist.

"That would be an even bigger headline than the black holes. It could be that there is a whole new universe a millimetre away from our heads but at right-angles to the three dimensions that are here," Dr Cox said.

What? You're worried that perhaps mankind shouldn't meddle in such things? Not confident when the dude that's running the show is probing an "area that we don't really understand"? Don't worry, the good Doctor has a list of bulleted points, the last of which will set your mind at ease:

* They estimate the possibility of accidentally destroying the planet as extremely low.