Eugene Leitl wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Andrew Clough wrote:
>
> > What sort of energies would we be talking about here? The cosmic rays
> > that bombard Earth are pretty darn powerful, but I haven't run into
> > any references to them causing black holes. And if CERN produces
> > collisions of unprecedented energy, would there be any danger of
> > something going Horribly Wrong - producing a black hole that *doesn't*
> > evaporate, say?
>
> While reality edges uncomfortably towards the "Thrice upon the time"
> scenario, estimates made (cosmic range energy, rate and impact upon the
> Moon over GYr) seem to imply the probability of something going Badly
> Wrong is very low.
>
> It would be very nice to find out whether singularities are really
> information sinks -- in a laboratory experiment.
On a positive note, what are the odds that CERN could create a black
hole and feed it enough matter to grow it up so that it is stable? How
much mass would we need to toss into it to make it stable long enough to
get it into space? If we got it there, wouldn't it be a nice thing to
have around for various purposes....
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