OT: Study Reveals Flaw in Black-Hole Theory

[aegisx]

I always found it interesting that there is an 'infinite' amount of space between any 2 particles. .01m,.001,.0000001,.0000000000000000000001 and so on

[Suicide Junkie]

That is anything but infinite, AegisX.

Just because there are an infinite number of points on a line dosen't mean anything about distances.

[Atrocities]

What, if anything, would be considered an opposite of a black hole? If gravity is so powerful that it can even bend light, then how could it be countered? Anti-Gravity? Just curious about this, if something like anti-gravity could be created, and when it comes into contact with gravity, say that of a black hole, what kind of energy do you think it would produce? Could it produce anti-matter? Could any energy, if any is created at all, be harvested and used for our benefit?

And what about artificial gravity? We know we can simulate gravity with centrifugal force, but that really isn't a practical means by any definition for the kind of gravity we would need to have if we are ever to honestly try and explore the stars.

[capnq]

Atrocities said: What, if anything, would be considered an opposite of a black hole?

A "white hole".

Unfortunately, it appears to be a purely mathematical construct that can't exist in the real world.

[aegisx]

Suicide Junkie said:
That is anything but infinite, AegisX.

Just because there are an infinite number of points on a line dosen't mean anything about distances.

Maybe it is just a math property? You can keep halving the distance.

[Wade]

Getting really right down to it; molecules, atoms, protons/electrons/neutrons, quarks, String Theory(energy wave lengths); matter is just "organized energy".

We are made of the stuff of stars. I miss Carl Sagan of the 'Cosmos' series.

-Wade

[Phoenix-D]

aegisx said:

Maybe it is just a math property? You can keep halving the distance.

Xeno's paradox. But actually you can't keep halving the distance. You eventually hit a Plank (sp) length, which is as far as we can tell as small as things can get.

[Suicide Junkie]

Even if space is a continuum, you can travel half the distance in half the time.
Total time taken is finite.

Just because you're marking an infinite number of points (an infinite subset of the points on a line) dosen't change anything.