The Large Hadron Collider: Phew! | The EconomistTo make it worthwhile though you need to bet $100K to earn $1K. A CD would have comparable returns, which probably has something to do with the odds.
...Paddy Power, an online bookmaker, is offering odds of 11 to 10 that dark matter will be found before black holes and 8 to 1 that black holes will be first. Dark energy, a mysterious force thought to drive the expansion of the universe, trails at 12 to 1. And for those who fancy a real outside bet, the firm is also offering 100 to 1 that the machine will discover God....
Wednesday, April 07, 2010
A sure thing bet on the LHC
I suspect overhead would eat away at the profit, but this seems like a sure thing ...
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