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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 918910" data-attributes="member: 177">Okay, I'll correct you where you're wrong...Let's say you make this micro black hole, let us also assume that it's stable, large enough so that it doesn't die a death of Hawking Radiation.&nbsp; MInd you, it's smaller than a needlepoint - to make the Earth a black hole, you gotta squish it down into the size of a grape.&nbsp; A few measly tons will have to be squished down to smaller sizes than we normally comprehend.&nbsp; But I digress.The thing does plummet through the target's body, with awesome penetrative power.&nbsp; However, it does not cause massive trauma.&nbsp; It only sucks up as much matter as it actually contacts - which in this case is a cylinder the diameter of a needlepoint through the target's body.&nbsp; Which is, truth be told, not at all a problem.&nbsp; It's a pinprick, nothing more.One might argue that it causes tidal damage as it passes through the body. However, given that you've only got on the order of some tons of material, I doubt tides are an issue.None of this is new, btw.&nbsp; Larry Niven addressed the possibility of killing a person by dropping a black hole though him in one of his short stories (&quot;The Hole Man&quot;, found in his collection, A Hole in Space).&nbsp; For what happens to the planet after letting this thing drop into the core, please see David Brin's book, Earth.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 918910, member: 177"] Okay, I'll correct you where you're wrong... Let's say you make this micro black hole, let us also assume that it's stable, large enough so that it doesn't die a death of Hawking Radiation. MInd you, it's smaller than a needlepoint - to make the Earth a black hole, you gotta squish it down into the size of a grape. A few measly tons will have to be squished down to smaller sizes than we normally comprehend. But I digress. The thing does plummet through the target's body, with awesome penetrative power. However, it does not cause massive trauma. It only sucks up as much matter as it actually contacts - which in this case is a cylinder the diameter of a needlepoint through the target's body. Which is, truth be told, not at all a problem. It's a pinprick, nothing more. One might argue that it causes tidal damage as it passes through the body. However, given that you've only got on the order of some tons of material, I doubt tides are an issue. None of this is new, btw. Larry Niven addressed the possibility of killing a person by dropping a black hole though him in one of his short stories ("The Hole Man", found in his collection, [i]A Hole in Space[/i]). For what happens to the planet after letting this thing drop into the core, please see David Brin's book, [i]Earth[/i]. [/QUOTE]

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