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I’m a Physicist (Not Astrophysicist, but still. ) I can assure you that this is also gibberish to me. These kind of popular science translations are like one-
by konschubert 6y ago
I’m a Physicist (Not Astrophysicist, but still. )
I can assure you that this is also gibberish to me.
These kind of popular science translations are like one-way hash functions.
If you really understand the science, you can probably recognize where they are coming from.
But by themselves they contain 0 information.
- abdullahkhalids 6y agoAs someone who understands hash functions, I understand where you are coming from and got non-zero information from your comment.
- mturmon 6y agoNot only that, but in this case, given that we don't have a theory of Quantum Gravity yet, the notion of "what happens" at the singularity is inevitably mystical. The press release is glibly going from "science mode" to "mystical mode" and acting like it's all known by physics, which it's not. (I'm not really complaining ... it's a press release, after all.)
- Bodell 6y agoThat's because the black hole sucked all the information out of it. Haha.
- tyre 6y agoLook, if it gets us phrases like “… where density is infinite and time ends.” then I’m here for them. I cannot wrap my mind around what it means, but it’s a savage description.