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so I trust we can lay to rest the argument that mBH's must be harmless because the Earth is still here. As I pointed out in last night, G&M's calculations show that cosmic ray produced mBH's probably go right through both the Earth and the Sun. And Gidding's calculations show that mBH's are probably not produced at RHIC because the energy there isn't high enough. Maybe it's the case that a few from cosmic rays or RHIC get stuck in the Earth. But we can't say that for sure. G&M are trying to be conservative--as is proper according to the Precautionary Principle. In other words, since we can't say for sure that mBH's are trapped within Earth, we can't say with a reasonable certainty that mBH's that could get trapped by the Earth in the future are not harmless.
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Why can we lay this to rest? because it suits your argument? I don't see where this was resolved in your favour at all.