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Could black holes actually be fuzzballs?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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Is String Theory Still Made Up?

String balls do not create singularities that violate quantum mechanics. They are actual quantum mechanical objects, plus they solve a bunch of other problems related to black holes. These would never become black holes, because as you add more strings, they get larger and larger. The tension and the length are inversely proportional. That's why these things get bigger and bigger. But string theory is totally made up.

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