Hawkins changed his theory from gravity pulls things in a black hole and they are forever gone to there's a copy reflecting out and we can see into the past by viewing it, or something like that.
. On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > But you can't. I have not studied this in a while but I doubt this point has > changed -- an event horizon is a limit, used here in the mathematical sense > of the word. Anything that goes encounters it goes *in* and there's no way > to perceive it from the outside after that, because of the nature of the > process of perception. > > This going-inward-ness can be visualized -- and the professor did show my > physics class something that demonstrated this -- but the proof is > mathematical not empirical. > > I looked for a link that shows this, but everything I found assumes > knowledge of calculus. My recollection though supports the statement that a > limit that goes to infinity like that will get closer and closer to zero but > never reach it. There is no limit to the number of digits that can go after > a decimal point after all. > > Empirical evidence would require that something measurable return out. It > doesn't because there is no end to a limit. Cosmology is another area where > mathematical proofs may exist but empirical evidence cannot. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:342954 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
