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The more interesting component is that black hole physics is almost an anti-free will zone. Everywhere else in the universe with mass and energy you can do wha
by XorNot 22d ago
The more interesting component is that black hole physics is almost an anti-free will zone.
Everywhere else in the universe with mass and energy you can do what you want (sort of). An event horizon throws a hard shroud over that and drastically reduces opportunities: your free will to use mass and energy is significantly curtailed (you must head towards the singularity).
- teamonkey 22d agoI’m not sure free will has anything to do with it. If you don’t have enough upward velocity to escape earths gravity, hitting the ground is also inevitable.
- Sharlin 22d agoYour free will outside a black hole is curtailed in exactly the same manner: you cannot do anything to avoid, or even delay, tomorrow.
- XorNot 19d agoWhich is exactly my point. Under normal circumstances you inexorably move towards the future. But we generally believe we have freedom of action about the spatial coordinates. A black hole is interesting because you inexorably move towards the singularity - which is a defined location in spacetime, and also has a boundary - the event horizon. So now your freedom of action is reduced: you must move towards the singularity, but you also can't actually move outside of the event horizon either.