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Anders Sandberg, Jason Gaverick Matheny, and Milan M. Ćirković How can we reduce the risk of human extinction? online In the early morning of September 10, the Large Hadron Collider will be tested for the first time amid concern that the device could create a blackhole that will destroy the Earth. If you’re reading this afterwards, the Earth survived. Still, the event provides an opportunity to reflect on the possibility of human extinction.

How can we reduce the risk of human extinction?

Anders Sandberg, Jason Gaverick Matheny, and Milan M. Ćirković

Bulletin of the atomic scientists, September 9, 2008

Abstract

In the early morning of September 10, the Large Hadron Collider will be tested for the first time amid concern that the device could create a blackhole that will destroy the Earth. If you’re reading this afterwards, the Earth survived. Still, the event provides an opportunity to reflect on the possibility of human extinction.

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