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  • Yes, I agree - but in that case they would perhaps note a slow spin (still “the same explanation”).

    That’s just semantics tho, we are saying the same thing.
    A bit like saying ‘we only have one method of travel from point A to B’ and additionally nothing not to use that one method to travel in the opposite direction of B (bcs then it’s no longer from A to B). That is absolutely correct & a relevant note to be precise (and absolutely more relevant than the title with the “shouldn’t exist”).

    Also, I’m not sure, but it might be exceptionally rare for the two to orbit each other with opposite spins.




  • The “shouldn’t exist” meant directly through star formation:

    “Black holes this massive are forbidden through standard stellar evolution models.”

    And ofc the obv explanation:

    “One possibility is that the two black holes in this binary formed through earlier mergers of smaller black holes." Hannam said.

    (Yes, I am the ‘get off my lawn’ of clickbait science articles.)

    It’s worth knowing the context that we only have a few hundred black hole merges detected (which are the only practical detections methods of non-supermassive black hole available to us), so there just isn’t enough data for any statistics yet. Scientists are saying here ‘whoa, this is the biggest merger yet detected’.


  • I don’t disagree (and I didn’t write anything disagreeing with that).

    What I added was that we still on average admire nations build on genocide or immoral individuals just because of their wealth and status achieved (& how long lasting & persistent it is).

    I never said that a bunch of us don’t disagree with genociding anyone. There are always voices like this through the history.

    (Tho on that note, not that it’s relevant, about the person you replied to - I don’t like when ppl use the word ‘genocide’ for a political party/military group & not something broader, like ethnicity.)