Naked Singularities

Discussion in 'Astronomy, Exobiology, & Cosmology' started by paddoboy, Dec 4, 2013.

  1. paddoboy Valued Senior Member

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    On what grounds did Thorne win his bet against Hawking re the theoretical application of naked singularities?
    They actually seem rather absurd from my point of view.
     
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  3. dlorde Registered Member

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    The original bet was whether naked singularities can exist or not. Hawking conceded after realising they could theoretically exist in contrived ('non-generic') conditions. They also had another bet on whether they could exist in generic conditions, and a bet on whether information is lost in a black hole.

    I don't recall a bet on the theoretical application of naked singularities.
     
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