11/18/08

Black Holes in the Laboratory

This morning on the way to work, I was listening to the news on the radio. They were talking about a machine that scientists have come up with that can create a "black hole".

First of all, is this something we want to do? What little we know about the phenomenon, I'd say we need to avoid being near one.

Secondly, after what I heard about it...there is no need for any concern.
It was said that they are studying a "black hole" that has been created by this machine. It has all the characteristics of a "black hole" except...it has no graviational pull.

WHAAAAT THE.....???????

This gravitational pull is one of the main characteristics of a "black hole"...if not the PRIMARY ONE. This is like saying, "We are going to study sea turtles but we're going to use a cat instead."
This is yet one more incidence of science gone awry...actually, just further evidence that we cannot always trust science for answers. If they have used spurious research methods on this...what about the ones we don't know about? I would encourage you to...

Think about it.

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