One of the alleged difficulties of producing a so-called quantum gravity theory is due to the Heisenberg's uncertainty principle.

To probe ever tinier distances, we need ever greater energies. The problem is that if you concentrate too much mass/energy in a tiny space, the gravity of such a space becomes so huge that tiny black holes form, making the measurement impossible. Even though that assumes GR holds in the microscopic realm.

This is my question. How do we know that a high energy allocated to a tiny subatomic region of space would create a tiny black hole, since we don't have any proven UV-complete theory of quantum gravity to begin with?

How do scientists know that a high energy concentration in a tiny space would lead to a tiny black hole?

Here's a precise description of this issue (it starts at the very right time where professor Matt O'dowd explains the issue):

https://youtu.be/YNEBhwimJWs?t=307

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