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Posner takes a midpoint between the two disaster estimates, and he posits—for the sake of argument—that the likelihood of a world-ending strangelet scenario over the next decade is 1 in 10 million. In other words, there’s a 1 in 10 million chance that 6 billion people will die at some point in the next decade because of RHIC. Thus on average, we would expect RHIC to kill 60 people per year. Is that a sacrifice we should be willing to make to push the frontiers of physics forward...
Posner takes a midpoint between the two disaster estimates, and he posits—for the sake of argument—that the likelihood of a world-ending strangelet scenario over the next decade is 1 in 10 million. In other words, there’s a 1 in 10 million chance that 6 billion people will die at some point in the next decade because of RHIC. Thus on average, we would expect RHIC to kill 60 people per year. Is that a sacrifice we should be willing to make to push the frontiers of physics forward...
...midpoint of the Ivy schedule, the Crimson will need some help to catch first-place Dartmouth, still undefeated in conference play. Harvard hopes to hold up its end of the bargain on a road trip to Columbia and Cornell next weekend...
BRAMWELL: The big surprise is that interest rates, which are low, could go lower. On a bell-shaped curve from 1950 to 2010, the midpoint is 1980. Rates went up the first half of this period and are coming down the second half, with incredible symmetry. At 2010 on this curve, long rates are at 2%. Money will flow where the most attractive returns are likely...
...exactly at the midpoint of the Ivy League season and still have an opportunity to avenge every loss we’ve had so far,” Peljto said. “We feel that we still have a lot to play for and a lot to prove to each other...