I mentioned in another thread that singularities are impossible, of course that attracted some attention (with contradictions) so I thought I would address it here.
Black holes are perhaps the pinnacle of silliness in the fiction and is a cornerstone to the failure of the gravity central paradigm.
It might surprise some to say that black holes have never been confirmed as actually existing. There is a romantic attachment to them, I understand, people get upset like telling a kid Santa does not exist. Sorry to disappoint. No one has ever observed a black hole or event horizon. None of the observations surrounding the activities associated with black holes were ever predicted. None, it has all been adhoc, even when the observations are clear contradictions the mathematicians simply plug new invented solutions into the mix in yet more epicycles just like the rest of cosmology and never, ever consider that there base assumptions are actually false. A case once again of anchoring as Robitalle puts it. Well the assumptions are false, which can be confirmed in the original Swartzchild paper that I will link here.
There are many reasons to reject blackholes on purely logic alone, they make no sense at all, they are a mathematical illusion, however I would like to present Stephen Crothers excellent work that shows that general relativity does not permit blackholes. At the same time revealing some of the problems with GR. There is a lot of math involved but it is not difficult to see the errors. One of which is a historical blunder with a misinterpretation of the Swartzchild solution. The Schwartzchild solution does not resolve to black holes.
Ric = 0
This is one of the crucial mistakes, what it basically means is that there is no matter in the black hole. Embarrassingly the supporters of black holes can't even give a coherent definition of R, it keeps changing. Crothers explains exactly what it is.
You cannot divide by zero, but that is what they do. Can you believe it? Most primary school kids know this is absurd. You can't get infinity by dividing by zero! Ridiculous beyond measure!
Mathematicians have become so detached from reality they think they can just make it up. Leaving science behind with unverifiable and unfalsifiable entities being invented at every turn. Even when it does not conform to observation it is just a matter of fudging the equations and forcing the answer they seek.
How does a black hole interact with matter if it has none? How does it have mass without matter? Please take the time to watch and don't be put off by the math. He did a very basic rundown of some of the issues in the video above dealing with the Bicep2 findings, This is much more in depth.
Just to note, I have discussed this on another forum once and the expected attacks began, leveled at myself and at Stephen Crothers. It was very amusing, Stephen actually turned up and took part to the horror of his detractors and proceeded to tear them apart, the guy knows his shit like no else I know. Unlike the blind followers though he can see through the BS and can refute the mathemagicians on there own playing field. He is tenacious and pulls no punches.
Here is the link to the original Schwartzchild paper for the mathematically inclined.
http://www.sjcrothers.plasmaresources.com/schwarzschild.pdf
Now, there is actually a very plausible and simple alternative that very neatly can explain all the effects observed effects of black holes such as x-rays, gamma rays, even jets and fusion events without resorting to a metaphysical geometry and invented forces of nature. So you can decide which is more likely, a verifiable testable and practical explanation or one that has no empirical support whatsoever is riddled with contradictions and is nothing but yet another epicycle for a failed model. Stay tuned.