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Black Holes

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The Black Hole and Quantum Mechanics

The black hole's incredibly simple because it's absolutely nothing there. It's unlike anything else that we would ordinarily call an object in the universe. We don't have a one, once and for all final theory of quantum gravity as you would call it. People like stephen hawking have made great strides in understanding how to blend together quanta mechanics and gravity near a black hole. But it seems to lead to, let's u say, uncomfortable conclusions.

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