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Old 08-May-2008, 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by tdvance View Post
This is one of these places where quantum mechanics and relativity
start to scuffle.
Not really. The original poster's notion that the light would continue
on for a very long time is the result of applying a simple mathematical
idea without using any actual numbers. Quantum mechanics and
general relativity don't come into conflict until much closer to the
singularity, at distances near the Planck length.

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