I wondered how we could detect things without mass. A massless particle

would not have any effect on anything it struck, and would be invisible and

indetectable. Even light has sufficient mass to be able to impinge on detectors

such as photo-electric cells and retinas.

Hawking has never (that I am aware of) been able to tell us what happens to

matter as it passes the event horizon, whether it just turns to energy and

distorts space, or whether it is gradually turned into hadron soup.

Just because the escape velocity at the event horizon exceeds the average

speed of light does not mean that matter falling through the event horizon

exceeds the speed of light.

If the gravity well within the "black hole" is asymmetric, conditions may change

enough to allow the event horizon to recede below the matter, re-instating it

within normal space.

Hawking's eminence has stifled argument for years, maybe some will come out

now.

Shit, did I say that?

Enough of these physicks and sorcery.

Lil, can I come back as a neutrino and go through you sometime?

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