Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
The singularity being talked about there is an artifact of a
particular coordinate system; the theory predicts that there is no
*physical* singularity at the event horizon.
That theory can't be tested even in principle, can it? Therefore, it is
not scientific.
It can in principle be tested by a scientist falling into
the hole. The only problem is that he won't be able to
tell anyone outside what he finds out, but that's a
practical difficulty, not a philosophical one.
A lot of what the early Greeks found out got lost in
various library burnings, etc. Does that mean they
weren't being scientific?
Religious theories about the afterlife face similar difficulties -- and
present similar extrapolations.
I don't think they're similar at all. Show me the equations
for one of these religious theories and I might change
my mind...
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