Re: cosmology and quantum gravity

[Joel Rauber <Joel_Rauber@SDSTATE.EDU>]

Jack wrote in part:
>         Forgive me, please, for being inarticulate.  I
> thought that I was
> clear in restricting my comments to the mathematical blowing up.
>         Let me try again:  the description of gravity in the
> conventional
> (Schwarzchild) coordinates requires the coordinates to have a
> singularity
> at the event horizon.  I was silent as to the physical consequences of
> that singularity, which requires an interpretation in the language of
> clocks and measuring rods.
>         David Bowman has now described at some length the consequences
> of approaching and crossing over the event horizon.  Implicit in his
> discussion is the fact that there is physics involved in setting up a
> coordinate system, because the coordinate system implies the manner of
> making time and distance measurements.

I often don't read Phys-L on the weekend, so I often get behind the 8-ball
at the weeks transition.  After seeing the above, I think we all are on the
same page.  Having just seen  on saturday night our local production of
"Much ado about Nothing", I'll stop my contributions to this thread.
Joel