Monday, December 24, 2007

The Hawking's Socks Paradox

Wash n' Wear Inside the Event Horizon

Last night I recorded a show about Black Holes on the Science Channel. What I learned was that anything crossing a Black Hole's "Event Horizon" becomes forever trapped by its gravity ... and eventually disappears within an infinite crush of space-time.


I don't pretend to understand the math, but I'm pretty sure that's what happens to socks inside the washing machine, too.



(Above: Un-retouched photo of an actual Black Hole, recently discovered while doing my laundry.)

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