Comments on: From Reddit: An Essay on Why It’s So Hard to Leave Religion

By: CarlM

CarlM — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:23:03 +0000

Well, the definition of an event horizon is the point of no return.
Further, regardless of how space works inside a non-rotating black
hole, there will be tidal forces that will kill a person when they get
sufficiently close to the center. On the other hand, if the black
hole is sufficiently large and is rotating sufficiently quickly, then
the equations do allow for some interesting possibilities.

By: cooperati

cooperati — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:02:59 +0000

"(2) If you are in the neighborhood of a black hole and pushing OUTWARD toward the event horizon, then you are NOT on the verge of leaving. You're stuck for good."

We don't know how stuck we are. If space compresses at the same rate as matter the closer we reach the singularity, does matter get denser, or just smaller, so that a thing infinitely approaches the locus of gravity, and never reaches the center, OR does the center spit out the matter through the mythical "White Hole" threshold?

-=T=-

By: CarlM

CarlM — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:31:08 +0000

"for those who don’t like to follow links."
lol ... to be fair, I've not seen anyone say that they didn't like to follow links.
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Two comments:

(1) I think that this is a good piece to keep in mind when making your arguments, Daniel, but I'd disagree with a bit of what is there. For example in the statement "To reject religion, means accepting that you are just like everyone else – and in fact, worse off than most and behind the race because of your past religious belief." It isn't clear to me that religious people are "worse off than most." (I think that this is partly where you and I differ on the topic.)

(2) If you are in the neighborhood of a black hole and pushing OUTWARD toward the event horizon, then you are NOT on the verge of leaving. You're stuck for good.