Relativity and Cosmology

    

Why We Should Be Skeptical of Black Holes

Authors: Alan M. Kadin

Black holes were long predicted by general relativity, they have been observed in collapsed stars and galactic centers, and are universally accepted as real. But the orthodox GR equations were derived and tested for weak gravitational fields, and the extrapolations to large fields may not be valid. While the general evidence for compact gravitational objects is clear, the precision of the observations of these objects is quite low. In particular, there is virtually no evidence for event horizons, the central feature of the orthodox theory. Some recent observations of black holes that have been widely promoted may reflect confirmation bias on noisy signals, rather than independent data analysis.

Comments: 5 Pages. Submitted to 2020 Gravity Research Foundation Essay Contest

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