Firstly, he's exploring and developing theories, these aren't fully formed models yet. Secondly, and most importantly, in almost every way this new model of bla

Firstly, he's exploring and developing theories, these aren't fully formed models yet. Secondly, and most importantly, in almost every way this new model of black holes is identical to the old models. From a macro perspective on human time scales we wouldn't be able to easily distinguish between a black hole with a real event horizon and one with an apparent horizon, as in this new theory. This is one of the dangers of popular science reporting, and here Nature is very much to blame. They've taken a theory which largely preserves the model of black holes and spun it into exactly the opposite.