Re: Can black holes ever form?

"PD" <TheDraperFamily@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Prior to the collapse, outside observers would have no problem seeing
> things falling into the collapsing star.

Well, I would imagine the collapse would appear to slow down
tremendously before the event horizon forms.

> At the collapse and after it, though, no outside observer would see
> anything falling into the event horizon. There is a clear division
> between those two conditions to the outside observer, and therefore an
> unambiguous event associated with the creation of the black hole. I
> don't see what the problem is.

It would seem to me that unambiguous event can only appear to take place
after an infinitely long timespan. Thus we can never observe anything
falling into a black hole.


Marko

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