Adapted for the Internet from: Why God Doesn't Exist |
How can a black hole exist if it is an abstract concept? |
Fig. 2 Feeling the heat: The event horizon of fire |
An event horizon of a black hole can be likened to heat emanating from a fire. The mathematicians are saying that there is an invisible aura or halo that induces measurable, physical effects. However, the differences between the concept 'heat' and the concept 'event horizon' are irreconcilable. Whereas heat originates in a physical entity (e.g., burning of wood), the event horizon has its source in the mathematical abstraction known as a 'singularity.' And whereas heat ultimately consists of a vibration of atoms and molecules, the event horizon is made of absolutely nothing (i.e., mass). In case you happen to disagree with this last statement, perhaps because you've been told that an event horizon is made of photons, just remember that for the purposes of Mathematics a photon is also nothing (i.e., point particle, packet of energy, etc.). A mathematical physicist is an idiot who never gives you anything you can sink your teeth into! |
Make no bones about it, Al! Black holes do in fact exist, hic! They exist like love exists,or like bears and dogs with human faces exist, hic. Mmmmh! I don't know what's come over me suddenly, hic. Did you grow paws and long ears, or is it just my impression? You're starting to look a little weird! |
Perhaps you're right Steve! And then again, hic, we may have indul... indul... indul..., hic, drank too much beer! By the way, do you know by chance where I can find the nearest fire hydrant? |
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For the purposes of Physics, an object is that which has shape. Either a black hole has shape or it does not. Relativists cannot have it both ways. Yet Einstein's disciples insist on having it both ways! They treat a black hole simultaneously as an object AND as a concept. This is the reason they can explain everything with their beloved hypothesis. In Science, love, beauty, and black hole (singularity + event horizon) are abstract concepts. Heart, man, and anything else which has shape is considered to be an object. Which group does the infamous black hole belong to? Relativists answer: to both! |
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The fanatics of the religion of Mathematical Physics routinely talk about zero-dimensional 'entities.' One of these is the infamous singularity, usually defined as the number of beers it takes for a mathematician to say that the laws of Physics break down or are undefined or something stupid like that. In Physics, there are no objects that are 0-D. We're done! |
If relativists don't like my definition of the word 'object' (since it destroys their religion), they are welcome to propose an alternative that we can use consistently in a dissertation. |