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Old 27-February-2006, 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by RussT
I'm not really sure how this thread got resurrected from a 2004 beginning, but since it has how about this.

Since the word singularity is just a placeholder for the event that happens where the math breaks down, it should be okay to talk about the "Event", as long as this is understood.
Honestly, I think that's an oversimplification. The problem is not just with what happens at the singularity; it's also with what happens as you approach it.

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Originally Posted by John Dlugosz
The obvious definition of an anti-singularity would be a time-reversed black hole.
But wouldn't that also be a singularity? You would have infinite density, either way.
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