Cosmology: Black hole confusion (Introduction)

by dhw, Wednesday, August 14, 2013, 12:25 (4120 days ago) @ David Turell

DAVID: What happens at the boundary of a black hole is in confusion and debate. And of course it involves entanglement and QM, and quantum field theory. Suskind who prefers quantum loop gravity in involved:-http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/13/science/space/a-black-hole-mystery-wrapped-in-a-firew...-Does Ruth's theory solve the problem?-It doesn't look as if anyone's theory solves the problem, since nobody appears to have a clue about what's going on, but it would be nice to hear Ruth's own take on this. Meanwhile, I do like the comment from Richard M. Waugaman, M.D. and Chevy Chase, MD: -"The only thing more exciting than scientific discoveries is scientific uncertainty, which protects us from the dangerous hubris of thinking we-- or Einstein-- have all the answers."-Sums up the current situation very neatly. You wonder what scientists will be telling us a hundred years from now. On the other hand - for we agnostics always have another hand - I can only admire people like Ruth who continue to grapple with these seemingly insoluble mysteries. Human perseverance is a wonderful thing.