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Re: cosmology and quantum gravity



At 23:41 4/26/00 -0700, you wrote:
...
1. Given black holes exist
2. By definition nothing from within the event horizon
ever escapes beyond the event horizon.
3. The gravitational effects of a black hole are
observable from beyond the event horizon.
4. The gravitational effects are mediated by
gravitons.
5. The gravitons that would mediate these effects must
originate within the event horizon.
6. For the effects to be observable outside the event
horizon the gravitons must travel beyond the event
horizon.
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By contradiction one or more of the above postulates
is false. To me, 4 seems like the most likely
candidate....

Zach Wolff

...not to mention item 2?


brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>
Altus OK