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Originally Posted by Steve Limpus
nope - I would say you're dead right - the notion that (invariant) mass increases at relativistic speeds and that relativistic particles should form blackholes is mistaken, or at least oversimplified.
Great links - I'd not heard of the issue before.
Buck Rogers would be pleased. Turning your spaceship into a black hole would sure ruin your day, not to mention your federal funding!
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... I should say too: with all due respect to Fraser and the team. I haven't had a chance to listen to the show yet so I'm not aware of the context of Fraser's comment... and I ain't no expert! At the very least it stimulates thought about relativity. It did for me anyway.
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Albert Einstein
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