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I wonder if this theory supports the idea that the universe inhabits a black hole, or at least the surface of one.
by Severian 10y ago
I wonder if this theory supports the idea that the universe inhabits a black hole, or at least the surface of one.
- yaks_hairbrush 10y agoActually, the big bang bears a pretty striking resemblance to a white hole. That's the time-reversed version of a black hole. Whereas with a black hole, all paths lead toward the singularity at its core, with a white hole, all paths lead away from the singularity.
- dkonofalski 10y agoAnd there you go... there's the answer to everything. A black hole on one side and, on the other side (the side we don't know), there's a whole new universe being sprung up. Each input goes to the output of a different black/white hole combo.
- AnonymousPlanet 10y agoSo basically, we're in a cable?
- selectiveshift 10y agoHow many universes can we daisy chain together?
- dkonofalski 10y agoI'm more worried about when the universe decides to start dropping ports and making everything wireless. :-P
- oldsj 10y agoNeeds a dongle
- andrepd 10y agoTempting, but there's no evidence to support that.
- sbuttgereit 10y agoAbsolutely correct... but continue down the path of wild, unjustified speculation... perhaps then "Dark Energy" is nothing more than "Hawking Radiation" as it appears from a perspective within the black hole. :-P
- dkonofalski 10y agoRight... that's why it's a theory. A humorous, non-serious theory, but a theory nonetheless. (Replace with hypothesis if you want to get really pedantic about it)
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- stephancoral 10y agoIndeed, but there is research underway to find evidence: << Black holes are extremely dense and compact objects from which light cannot escape. There is an overall consensus that black holes exist and many astronomical objects are identified with black holes. White holes were understood as the exact time reversal of black holes, therefore they should continuously throw away material. It is accepted, however, that a persistent ejection of mass leads to gravitational pressure, the formation of a black hole and thus to the "death of while holes". So far, no astronomical source has been successfully tagged a white hole. The only known white hole is the Big Bang which was instantaneous rather than continuous or long-lasting. We thus suggest that the emergence of a white hole, which we name a 'Small Bang', is spontaneous - all the matter is ejected at a single pulse. Unlike black holes, white holes cannot be continuously observed rather their effect can only be detected around the event itself. Gamma ray bursts are the most energetic explosions in the universe. Long gamma-ray bursts were connected with supernova eruptions. There is a new group of gamma-ray bursts, which are relatively close to Earth, but surprisingly lack any supernova emission. We propose identifying these bursts with white holes. White holes seem like the best explanation of gamma-ray bursts that appear in voids. We also predict the detection of rare gigantic gamma-ray bursts with energies much higher than typically observed. >> https://arxiv.org/abs/1105.2776 https://arxiv.org/abs/1105.2776
- z3t4 10y agoif time actually runs backwards a lot of things would make sense