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This kills the thumb
The mind is willing, but the flesh is bruised
Would it actually?
I mean.... Yes? https://www.askamathematician.com/2011/06/q-if-you-stood-in-the-beam-of-the-lhc-what-would-happen/
Reads more like a clear no? Even with an actual person who experienced it?
But is powerful as hell for that brief moment!