Doomsday Effect

O Código de ética do Notícias Bizarras manda evitar quaisquer notícias que envolvam morte, mutilação, assassinato, tortura, etc. Fiquei realmente em dúvida se incluia essa, mas acho que é tão, tão absurdo, que precisava vir para cá.


Desviando a atenção da menina, que provavelmente tinha problemas muito mais sérios do que mera superstição, a reação de alguns indianos mostra a curiosa relação entre ciência-religião-magia no mundo de hoje.


"Eu acredito em duendes"
"Eu não, mas eu acredito nos mini-buracos-negros gerados por máquinas humanas caríssimas"
"ah, mas isso se resolve fácil! É só você colocar no mini-buraco-negro uma fava q tiver sido enterrada dentro da boca de um gato morto durante a lua cheia e desenterrada durante a lua cheia seguinte!"
"é verdade, mas e se a fava não for grande o bastante?"
"aí tem que usar a abobrinha inglesa!"
"e sem nem ela adiantar?"
"aí... é usar a mandioca do Usain Bolt!"





Indian girl, 16, 'killed herself over fears Big Bang experiment could lead to end of the world'


By Mail Foreign Service

Last updated at 9:41 AM on 11th September 2008

A teenage girl in central India killed herself after being traumatised by media reports that a 'Big Bang' experiment in Europe could bring about the end of the world, her father said.


The 16-year old girl from the state of Madhya Pradesh drank pesticide and was rushed to the hospital but later died, police said.
Her father, identified on local television as Biharilal, said that his daughter, Chayya, killed herself after watching doomsday predictions made on Indian news programmes.

'In the past two days, Chayya had asked me and other relatives about the world coming to an end on September 10,' Biharilal said.
'We tried to divert her attention and told her she should not worry about such things, but to no avail.'

Leading scientists and researchers at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, said the experiment was safe. They dismissed as 'pure fiction' doomsday predictions that the experiment could create anti-matter, or black holes.


But in deeply religious and superstitious India, fears about the experiment and the minor risks associated with it spread rapidly through the media.


In east India, thousands of people rushed to temples to pray and fast while others savoured their favourite foods in anticipation of the world's end.