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Old 07-February-2007, 10:29 PM
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I was disappointed with Dr. Pamela’s not mentioning several aspects about time transformation with a black hole. She never spoke a word about point of view, but it would radically change what you believe happens. Time slows for a person approaching the event horizon, and stops when he gets there, but only from the point of view of the outside observer. From the point of view of the inbound traveler, his time is completely normal. Instead of stopping, he squirts right on through. If the black hole is massive enough, he might not even be aware that he had passed the event horizon.
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