The picture generated of a black hole was a computer generated compilation from programed, observed and statistically derived data. It was not a direct picture as a photographer may take. It is not “proof” of the existence of black holes any more than “photos” of UFOs are proof that aliens in mechanical devices somehow transversed the incomprehensible distances of many light years.
It was not a direct picture as a photographer may take. It is not proof of the existence of black holes any more than photos of UFOs are proof that aliens in mechanical devices somehow transversed the incomprehensible distances of many light years.
OK, but...
1. It was something
2. I hear you saying you dont know what it was
3. So it might have been a black hole
4. Others believed it to be a black hole.
And so it goes here on FR.
The images you see in your mind are reconstructed in your brain from electric pulses sent by your eyes.
Direct pictures taken by photographers are also reconstructed from electric signals sent by sensors to a microcontroller.