Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Philosophy Wire: Shouldn’t be there…

As if black holes weren't mysterious enough, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found an unexpected thin disk of material furiously whirling around a supermassive black hole at the heart of the magnificent spiral galaxy NGC 3147, located 130 million light-years away. The conundrum is that the disk shouldn't be there, based on current astronomical theories. [1] Based on theories we shape what the cosmos looks like. And if there is a discrepancy, we either change the theories (more difficult) or reshape the cosmos (easy, since we are gods). But we miss the point. For whatever can easily – or difficulty – change should not be there in the first place. Look at the galaxy again. Look at the black hole. They are both where they should be. You aren't…

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