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" Christopher Savage have calculated that in reasonable models, we expect about ten dark-matter particles to interact with the atoms in a typical human body every year. The effects of every individual interaction are pretty negligible, so don’t worry about getting a dark matter stomachache. "

Sean Carroll , The Particle at the End of the Universe: How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World


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Sean Carroll quote : Christopher Savage have calculated that in reasonable models, we expect about ten dark-matter particles to interact with the atoms in a typical human body every year. The effects of every individual interaction are pretty negligible, so don’t worry about getting a dark matter stomachache.