APAD: Black holes are where God divided by zero

I was trying to find a quote wrt library this morning, but ran into this funny one inside an Einstein's quote collection.

We all know that dividing by zero is impossible, as it results a logical error: n/0 = infinite or undefined. The rules of math break down when one tries to divide by zero.  God is already mysterious, God divided by zero is beyond human comprehension. That is exactly what is inside black holes: singularity.

Actually this quote can't be from Einstein, because the phrase "black hole" was coined in the 1960s by John Wheeler, over a decade after Einstein's death. But Einstein's Theory of General Relativity predicted the existence of black holes.  Thus the misquote, perhaps (note the quote is believed to be from comedian Steven Wright ;-).

Sorry for the boring topic. But think about it, Nature and our lives are full of unknowns too, just like black holes, one may never know what tomorrow, next week, month, year will bring, even when we try.  But that also makes living more interesting, be it trouble or fun.

eg, my oak milk porridge just overflowed everywhere over the stove (I forgot about the running sove again) when I was writing this, c'est la vie 

Nevertheless, hope today brings peace and happiness to you all.

 

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• What actually is an astronomical black hole? A dark hollow? -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/25/2024 postreply 09:05:52

• or solid substance of extreme gravity, light can't escape? -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/25/2024 postreply 09:07:49

• what about a dark hollow of extreme gravity? -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/25/2024 postreply 09:16:45

• a tiny mass God divided by 0 volume2produce extreme density -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/25/2024 postreply 09:27:38

• that's really funny.;-)) Thx 4 making me laugh! -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/25/2024 postreply 09:32:38

• Life needs bullsh*t, a lot -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/25/2024 postreply 09:35:32

• only the good 1s like urs, poison 1s go 2 fertilizerDump;) -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/25/2024 postreply 09:37:18

• Agreed. The machine needs tons of grease. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/25/2024 postreply 09:41:48

• I lost myself, 0 volume X infinit density is what? -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/25/2024 postreply 09:45:09

• Don't feel bad. It's the blackhole. Any would've lost :-))) -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/25/2024 postreply 09:48:55

• re-define volume,some sees none,some sees some ;-)) -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/25/2024 postreply 09:53:19

• Make more sense it came from a comedian than a scientist! -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/25/2024 postreply 09:15:47

• hahaha, they can make fun of anyone and anything ;)) -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/25/2024 postreply 09:21:48

• Here's one:"Electricity is really just organized lightning." -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/25/2024 postreply 09:35:14

• - George Carlin -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/25/2024 postreply 09:35:28

• Hahaha, another Good one, but don't touch it by bareHands;) -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/25/2024 postreply 09:39:19

• & b awareOf Those #6 atacking in OurBack inOtherPlaces;) -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/25/2024 postreply 13:09:03

• What's #6? The Web says 'aisle 6' means getting married. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/25/2024 postreply 14:03:13

• No. they r in "cleanup on aisle6", ie.bad 1s who attack -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/25/2024 postreply 14:19:44

• others in the back for fun. -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/25/2024 postreply 14:22:22

• The last picture is like a abstract picture. -天邊一片白雲- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/25/2024 postreply 16:10:44

• I like the bowl with orange color. -天邊一片白雲- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/25/2024 postreply 16:11:49

• Hahaha, Thx 白雲！ -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/25/2024 postreply 16:36:26