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To: Ralphd2 who wrote (782)	9/18/1999 10:12:00 AM
From: TigerPaw	Respond to of 69300

it is said that Einstein produced his theory of relativity in an effort to prove to himself the existence of the creator. As I heard it Einstein produced his theory because he was bored. Having failed to obtain employment as a college professor he had taken a job as a patent clerk. He would sat at a desk all day checking out other peoples ideas, mostly minor changes to old ideas. He sat so much it made his butt hurt and he wondered what it would be like if the chair just wasn't there (and the floor too) and realized that falling was the same as no gravity (which is not the same thing as Newton's idea that gravity was an attractive force). Inspired by the idea he forgot about his aching rear and began to work out the implications of his theory. TP

To: Ralphd2 who wrote (782)	9/18/1999 12:31:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

>The singularity is anything divided by 0, or anything divided by infinity. pretty hard to argue that happened by accident. (it does not compute). < Two caveats, Ralphd2. 1) We do not know a thing about the inner structure of black holes. The singularity is a simple and satisfying model for a black hole's guts ... but other models might be constructed that sidestep the singularity. But I can't tell you how to set up such a model ... it would be as opaque as relativity to an eighteenth-century Newtonian kinematicist. We'll need more math and empirical physics to state the problem, let alone suggest answers. Jmo 2) Why does a spatial singularity suggest design, to you? If it's THERE wouldn't it follow that it is not an "unnatural" phenomenon? Curious here.