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[–] TotallynotJessica 60 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Einstein: My theory predicts that there could be a hole in reality that we could never observe from the outside, but that's ridiculous. It can't exist.

Oppenheimer: I guess these holes could form in our universe when a heavy star runs out of fuel, but I doubt this means anything real.

Wheeler: Wait a sec...

[–] ComicalMayhem 21 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

I'm curious now, what did Wheeler find/discover/realize?

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[–] TotallynotJessica 4 points 5 months ago

He named them black holes and pushed for research into them. He also didn't believe they could exist at first.