Monday, October 13, 2008

Death by Super Collider?

For those who fear the LHC, here is the story of the only man known to have stuck his head inside a particle accelerator.
The Man Who Stuck His Head Inside a Particle Accelerator

Over the next few days, skin on the back of his head and on his face just next to his left nostril peeled away to reveal the path the beam had burned through the skin, the skull, and the brain tissue. The inside of his head continued to burn away: all the nerves on the left were gone in two years, paralyzing that side of his face. Still, not only did Bugorski not die, but he remained a normally functioning human being, capable even of continuing in science. For the first dozen years, the only real evidence that something had gone neurologically awry were occasional petit mal seizures; over the last few years Bugorski has also had six grand mals. The dividing line of his life goes down the middle of his face: the right side has aged, while the left froze 19 years ago. When he concentrates, he wrinkles only half his forehead.
So he didn't die, and the left side of his face didn't age from the time of the incident? I see a new Hollywood trend in the making.

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