Quote Originally Posted by Spartiate View Post
Say two protons collide and somehow form a black hole, the resulting black hole would have a mass of at most two protons. Black holes aren't vacuum cleaners that suck everything around them, they attract stuff through gravity. I don't think a singularity billions of times less massive than a spec of dust (if one could even sustain itself) would pose a threat to the planet. The power of stellar black holes comes from the fact that they are many times more massive than our sun yet are only a few kilometers across.
Yea, I never said that they were going to get bigger.

I was just saying that this was wrong:
I have a hard time believing that a collision alone (like in the LHC) can create a micro black hole.


And as for this:
Cosmic rays are energetic particles originating from outer space that impinge on Earth's atmosphere. Almost 90% of all the incoming cosmic ray particles are simple protons, with nearly 10% being helium nuclei (alpha particles), and slightly under 1% are heavier elements, electrons (beta particles), or gamma ray photons.[1] The term ray is a misnomer, as cosmic particles arrive individually, not in the form of a ray or beam of particles. However, when they were first discovered, cosmic rays were thought to be rays. When their particle nature needs to be emphasized, "cosmic ray particle" is written
...Touché

I forgot about the alpha and beta radiation.
But protons aren't particles. (i.e. the 90% that hits the earth)