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To: DUMBGRUNT

Somehow, when I think of universal glory, black holes aren’t what come to mind. ;)


2 posted on 04/21/2019 9:13:16 AM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: sparklite2

For me the glory of seeing something so far beyond common experience as a black hole is how it demonstrates the unlimited power of human curiosity and reasoning. Not even Einstein would accept the notion of a “real” black hole existing despite being shown by Karl Schwarzschild that it must exist as a mathematical limit condition on the General Theory of Relativity. That such a powerful cosmic event could result, ironically, from the interaction of the weakest known force in the universe, gravity, is beautiful. Without this weak gravitational force working its power of hydrogen gas molecules stars, heavier elements, and life itself would not have emerged from the primordial chaos of the early universe. The story is still incomplete because gravity is so weak it can’t yet be unified with the other known forces at the quantum level but with so many great minds like the students of Lee Smolin and Frank Wilczek working on this problem our human understanding will only increase with time.


3 posted on 04/21/2019 10:19:34 AM PDT by Dave Wright
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