yeah, I looked on wikipedia and saw something about radiation from black holes. I think I'd have to revisit a lot of math I have not used in a while to be sure what he said about it. But you don't seem to think this contradicts my main point, that direct observation probably is not possible in this case. So the theory of relativity remains a theory, when applied to black holes in particular, but nonetheless science believes it is correct. For example.
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm saying we can observe things entering a black hole not that we can > get radio waves out. > Hawking believes they emit radiation and if we could read that > radiation we could view the events inside. Or something like that. > > . > > > On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > maaaay-be...if that is what he indeed said, then he's a physicist after > all, > > and I am not. But I got the impression from the class I took on special > > relativity that he's primarily known for explaining astrophysics very > well > > to a lay audience, not for his own contributions. I could be wrong. > > > > If what you say is so, it would be because of the effect of the enormous > > gravitational force on photons and other possible means of detection such > as > > radio emissions . But afaik you would not be able to communicate with a > > spaceship or satellite that has gone into the event horizon as by > definition > > it's the point of no return. Now, would an event horizon distort > perceptions > > in its vicinity, yes: > > > > http://www.perceptions.couk.com/uef/imgs/eh-action.gif > > > > http://math-it.org/Mathematik/Astronomie/koordin.gif > > > > These images seem to be saying that. But not that you can test the theory > by > > sending a probe into the event horizon, which is what I am hearing from > you. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:342961 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
