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Old 08-April-2008, 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Doodler View Post
Not to be da doofus, but is that accounting for the increased gravitational pull as new mass is added to the hole?
Simple flip answer: yes.
If Hawking radiation is taken into account, and has the expected effect, it's even simpler, as the black hole will have evaporated before it could eat even one proton.
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