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What if the moon turned into a black hole? (youtube.com)

submitted 5 days ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/xkcd@lemmy.world

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[+] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works -14 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (4 children)

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[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Also, the idea of Randall Munroe of XKCD having to resort to clickbait is hilarious. He's gotta be in the top 10 most famous scientists alive.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

The series is named 'What If', not 'How Could'.

hypothetical
/hʌɪpəˈθɛtɪk(ə)l/
adjective: hypothetical
    based on or serving as a hypothesis.
    "let us take a hypothetical case"

    supposed but not necessarily real or true.
    "the hypothetical tenth planet"
    
    Similar:
    theoretical
    speculative
    conjectured
    imagined
    notional
    suppositional
    supposed
    assumed
    presumed
    putative
    made up
    unreal
    academic

    Opposite:
    real
    actual
    Logic denoting or containing a proposition of the logical form if p then q.

noun
noun: hypothetical; plural noun: hypotheticals

    a hypothetical proposition or statement.
    "officials refuse to discuss military policy except in coy hypotheticals"

[–] antler@feddit.online 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

To you, what is the difference between the moon being turned into a black hole and being replaced by a black hole with the same mass?

[–] match@pawb.social 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

black holes can also be small, actually, it's based on a ratio of mass to diameter