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Possible Hole in Black Holes
jd writes "Researchers have found what they believe may be a MECO (Magnetic, Eternally Collapsing Object) inside of a quasar. MECOs are rivals to black hole theory and involve plasmas that never reach the state of being a singularity. The most obvious differences between them are that MECOs have a magnetic field and do not have an event horizon. The problem lies in that the Universe cannot have both MECOs and black holes — it can only have one or the other. If this object truly is a MECO, then black holes do not exist. Anywhere. (Furthermore, this would require Professor Hawking to return a year's subscription to Private Eye and give Professor Thorne a year's subscription to Penthouse.) On the other hand, if this thing isn't a MECO, it's behaving very very oddly for a black hole."
I never thought it would happen to me, a regular guy attending a small midwestern college...but the other night I was sitting at home playing UT and this MECO
Well, it's times like this, when I start thinking, like, "Who are we? WHERE are we?"
I mean, we don't know if all the universe has some bounds, some end. If it has, where does it end? What's behind it? Or if doesn't, how come that's possible?.. Etc, etc.
4:00 AM and I will not look up the article.
A Good Troll is better than a Bad Human.
Nurse! o/~
With spending like this, exactly what are "conservatives" conserving?