CERN just SHUT DOWN the LARGE HADRON COLLIDER and you aren't going to BELIEVE why!

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The video taps into a popular conspiracy theory (Mandela Effect) and connects it to a real-world scientific event (LHC shutdown), creating intrigue and a sense of mystery. The explanation of complex physics concepts in a simplified, engaging manner also likely contributed to its reach.

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The video explains that CERN has shut down the Large Hadron Collider for a four-year upgrade to smash particles at higher energies. This is being done to create more Higgs bosons, search for dark matter, and potentially recreate Big Bang conditions. The creator also touches on the conspiracy theory linking the LHC to the Mandela Effect.

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1Introduction to LHC shutdown and its connection to Mandela Effect
2Explanation of what a hadron is and how the LHC uses them
3Reasons for smashing particles: breaking glue, creating new particles, recreating Big Bang
4Explanation of the Higgs boson and its role in giving mass
5Connection to dark matter and the Higgs portal theory
6Concluding remarks about the upcoming High Luminosity LHC and Mandela Effect

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Something bigger is coming! CERN just shut off the Large Hadron Collider! This is the machine located at the border of France and Switzerland that smashes together protons to unveil the Higgs boson particle. The ultimate goal of the machine is to uncover and study dark matter! Meanwhile, many people are blaming this machine for creating the Mandela effect. In this video, I’ll explain to you how it actually works and why they shut it down. #CERN #mandelaeffect #physics #technews #gigaqian

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CERN just SHUT DOWN the LARGE HADRON COLLIDER and you aren't going to BELIEVE why! just shut off the Large Hadron Collider That's the machine responsible for finding the god particle It's also the machine that people across the internet blame for the Mandela effect So are we getting back Berenstein bears and Shazam this year? First let me explain what's actually going on I'm GigaQian and I wanna wish you a happy Fourth of July Engineers have officially shut down the Large Hadron Collider launching a four year pause for them to rip it apart and give it the biggest upgrade in history People across the internet are joking that our timeline is finally locked in Some are even saying they've noticed a difference But the reality is some of the world's greatest physicists are building a beast for 2030 about 10 times more particle collisions per second So why would they do that Millions more Higgs bosons That's that god particle I mentioned They're doing all of this because they're hunting dark matter We know it exists but we've never caught it Buckle up I'm about to explain A hadron is a subatomic particle made up of quarks held together by strong force They're composite structures divided into two types You have baryons made of three quarks and mesons made of two The large Hadron Collider exclusively uses baryons specifically protons and also sometimes lead nuclei They use these because they're stable They're positively charged A few other reasons but it all leads us to one thing They can smash them The first reason they smash them is to break the glue Remember quarks are bound by strong force that's actually its formal name It's the strongest force in nature Yes there are other specific names but basically you can't pull a quark out You have to shatter the proton to see what's inside The second reason is to create new particles out of the energy of the collision like the Higgs boson My E=mc^2 friends know what I'm talking about The third reason is to recreate the Big Bang at least those conditions for a very tiny amount of time Why would they do that?! Because it's how you unveil the Higgs boson It's an elementary particle that acts as the physical manifestation of the Higgs field We're talking about an invisible energy field that gives mass to fundamental particles not AI So the Higgs boson gives mass We know that dark matter has mass The answer could be in what people refer to as the Higgs portal That was a lot so enjoy the break Because the high luminosity Large Hadron Collider is coming in 2030 which still gives us a few years to explore our personal experiences with the Mandela Effect Tell me did today feel a little bit longer than usual

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just shut off the Large Hadron Collider. That's the machine responsible for finding the god particle. It's also the machine that people across the internet blame for the Mandela effect. So are we getting back Berenstein bears and Shazam this year? First let me explain what's actually going on. I'm GigaQian and I wanna wish you a happy Fourth of July. Engineers have officially shut down the Large Hadron Collider, launching a four year pause for them to rip it apart and give it the biggest upgrade in history. People across the internet are joking that our timeline is finally locked in. Some are even saying they've noticed a difference. But the reality is, some of the world's greatest physicists are building a beast for 2030, about 10 times more particle collisions per second. So why would they do that? Millions more Higgs bosons. That's that god particle I mentioned. They're doing all of this because they're hunting dark matter. We know it exists but we've never caught it. Buckle up. I'm about to explain. A hadron is a subatomic particle made up of quarks, held together by strong force. They're composite structures divided into two types. You have baryons made of three quarks and mesons made of two. The large Hadron Collider exclusively uses baryons, specifically protons and also sometimes lead nuclei. They use these because they're stable. They're positively charged. A few other reasons but it all leads us to one thing. They can smash them. The first reason they smash them is to break the glue. Remember quarks are bound by strong force. That's actually its formal name. It's the strongest force in nature. Yes, there are other specific names, but basically you can't pull a quark out. You have to shatter the proton to see what's inside. The second reason is to create new particles out of the energy of the collision, like the Higgs boson. My E=mc^2 friends know what I'm talking about. The third reason is to recreate the Big Bang, at least those conditions for a very tiny amount of time. Why would they do that?! Because it's how you unveil the Higgs boson. It's an elementary particle that acts as the physical manifestation of the Higgs field. We're talking about an invisible energy field that gives mass to fundamental particles, not AI. So the Higgs boson gives mass. We know that dark matter has mass. The answer could be in what people refer to as the Higgs portal. That was a lot, so enjoy the break. Because the high luminosity Large Hadron Collider is coming in 2030, which still gives us a few years to explore our personal experiences with the Mandela Effect. Tell me, did today feel a little bit longer than usual?