my assumption was that you build something that models what we know about the black hole but then look for new properties in the model since we can actually "pl

my assumption was that you build something that models what we know about the black hole but then look for new properties in the model since we can actually "play" with it. then we try and map the new properties or physics back to the real object. i don't know if that's what's happening, but it seems to be a decent approach.