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To: Pox
Again, there is very compelling evidence that what has been seen is correctly interpreted. However, proving that Black Holes definitively exists is currently not possible. That is an honest statement.

We can't see atoms either, however, with tools we can see them. One way is using radiation using atomic resolution microscope. It is also with radiation that we are able to say that we see certain things that generates the theory that Black Holes exist. But at this point it is still a working theory. That too is an honest statement.

If you are convinced, that is your right.

However, that was still an illustration, not a picture as it was presented to be. Which is what has sparked this whole useless discussion. The picture you presented is compelling but it still falls short of being proof.

I understand, once a person is convinced of the existence of something, they view compelling information as being that definitive proof. But the truth is that the proof remains just beyond grasp, and will continue to, until it can be proven, or perhaps a new theory is formed & presented that is even more compelling.

Einstein’s theory of relativity, both special relativity and general relativity, has been extensively tested and confirmed by numerous scientific experiments and observations. While no scientific theory can be proven with absolute certainty, the overwhelming evidence and consistency of the results have led the scientific community to accept relativity as a fundamental aspect of our understanding of the universe.

The same holds true will Black Holes. If you are incapable of accepting that as the truth, then that is on you, and nothing I can say can get you to admit the truth because you are a true believer. I certainly can't fault you, and I certainly am incapable of disproving the theory. But it still remains to be a theory. Even if there is compelling evidence, because the evidence is only compelling.

What “proof” would suffice?

Perhaps the deployment of a Hubble like telescope aimed at getting a much closer look at one, or both, of the two promising examples of what are believed to be Black Holes. We would hopefully collect much more evidence to see if the theory holds up, or not.

I might be a contrarian, but that is what science is all about. It's fine to accept a theory, even though it made be widely accepted, to keep pursuing to get to the truth, if possible.

This is even more important, because we have been told to accept the experts, or as they like to say, science, on such things as Covid & Covid "vaccines". I didn't just accept their science on that, and I refuse to accept, as fact, the science of Black Holes. I applaud the advances that have allowed to get to this theory. Very compelling, but still not proof.

19 posted on 05/07/2024 4:57:16 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong
You repeat yourself needlessly.

Semantics is a waste of time.

There are relatively few absolutes. Almost anything and everything is relative.

Using “Black Hole” in the given context, what is being described is an enormous amount of matter existing in an exceptionally minuscule volume of spacetime (I disagree with the singularity concept attributable to incomplete/imperfect mathematical models). Or, a gravity well with the mass of several to billions of times that of our sun.

Relatively anything in our reality is open to reinterpretation as our knowledge and technology advance, which is always a given from my point of view.

I'm a skeptic as far as dark matter and dark energy is concerned.

20 posted on 05/07/2024 5:32:44 PM PDT by Pox (Eff You China. Buy American!)
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To: Pox; Robert DeLong; MtnClimber
Calm down, everyone. Here's absolute proof of a Black Hole:

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25 posted on 05/07/2024 9:57:05 PM PDT by MikelTackNailer (We can never stop failing for the minute we do, we fail.)
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