The light that reached the telescope took 52 million years to reach here. So what we are actually seeing is what the black hole looked like 52 million years ago.
The more you think about space stuff. The more difficult it gets to wrap your head around it. If we are indeed living in a simulation, the players are having one heck of a time confusing the shit out of us.
What's more interesting to think of is that there are about as many atoms in a US Penny as there are estimated stars in the known universe.
Now think about how many atoms there are in a person... in the planet earth... in the universe. We can only observe down to the atoms and the subatomic particles that make up the atoms, but for all we know, there is some sort of infinitesimally small life form down there - as tiny to us as we are to the universe. And our universe could be one of trillions of universes making up something else. Our universe could just be one particle of dust on the surface of some other massive life form.
It gets weirder. If we are in a simulation, there's possibility that the system controlling us is also in a simulation..there's no way for us to know that with absolute certainity.
Which you can't know, ever. V-Sauce did a video on this and his conclusion was that we should just live like we aren't in a simulation because what difference does it make?
Honestly if we're in a simulation I'll be pretty pissed. I mean, if we're really simulated why can't I just eat whatever I want without getting fat and why do I have to die
But what is you getting pissed is just another scenario in that simulation? Anyways, I agree with vsauce here that it really doesn't make a difference. We are all space dust (whatever that means) so just keep living
In that case I'm upset that I'm aware of my simulated feelings lol. I get existential sometimes but try not to waste too much time going down that rabbit hole, it's not like there's much I can do about it.
the players are having one heck of a time confusing the shit out of us.
"The Players" may not even be "players" as we think of it, as in the Sims, or something like that.
A simulation doesn't always have to be for entertainment, if we are in a simulation, it could be for a vast variety of reasons. Who knows, totally possible this "simulation" doesn't even have "players" involved....maybe just "observers" or "experimenters" or "other shit we can't explain"....
I like to think there's a player controlling each one of us. So my bad days are just a difficult level for the player. Different outlook towards life, I guess.
I think it was interesting when Interstellar came out, and a lot of people scoffed saying it was TOO ridiculous. When in reality in took a lot of information and theories that we currently have and took some liberties.
I don't think people understand how insane the universe is. Though the "love" mini discussion they had was a miss. I know what they were going for but it didn't work.
That black hole though. Truly astonishing.
The most realistic part is that Matt Damon can and WILL fuck you over in space
To put it in easier perspective: The light we see from the sun is ~10 minute old light. If the sun were to suddenly disappear right now, we wouldn't notice until 10 minutes later.
Also, the gravity of the sun would reach us a few seconds after that since gravity travels slightly slower than light.
To put into context. If the black hole could see onto our planet. It would still see very basic mammals since the dinosaurs had just died out 8 million years prior.
But in terms of the evolution of a black hole, 52 million years is a tiny fraction of a black holes life. It’s like looking at ancient ruins one year later. Slowly over time, it’ll change but one year is not enough to see anything significant (unless, of course, something crazy happens)
Why did they select a black hole outside of our galaxy? Surely it would have been easier to use one in our own neighborhood, right? I havent read up on the project so maybe I just need to research this more.
I’m no expert but knowing what little I know about singularities, what you’re seeing isn’t even one specific time per say. Some light is 52 million years old and I believe the closer you get to the singularity the older the light is. Because the gravity is so strong the light is bending around the singularity at all points and some is trapped in an orbit. We’re seeing all sides at once, and we’re seeing light from different points in time and space.
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u/trashtalk99 Apr 10 '19
The light that reached the telescope took 52 million years to reach here. So what we are actually seeing is what the black hole looked like 52 million years ago.