a quick google seems to indicate that people are still discussing this -- it wouldn't be science if they weren't -- but that it's still the standard model of an event horizon.
I'd have to put more work into being completely sure of that than I am willing to do, however. On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 12:53 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. > > > On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> You're getting closer, if you could test and prove it it would be a law. >> >> . >> >> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > You're very caught up on proven theory vs extrapolated theory. >> > >> > Hawings theories are not proven they're extrapolated from general >> relativity. An example is his theory on the event horizons of black holes. >> Pretty tough to test that right? You can't go out to the nearest Black >> hole, toss something in there and measure what happens. >> > >> > >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:342956 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
