CERN code Oxford student particle names
by Gifamoss: University of Oxford
An Oxford student genuinely believed CERN was communicating with him through code he wrote himself. He saw thousands of particles, each assigned a real person's name. Then, at the 14-second mark, something appeared on the screen that made him convinced CERN was addressing him directly. Here's the breakdown: a black canvas with thousands of particles, each labeled with a name. The key moment occurs at 0:14, when the display changes in a way that he interprets as a personal message from CERN.
Transcript (en)
As you can see, this is the code running our simulation, and these are all names of real people. See? It's us. They're taunting us at CERN.
