I would say that an object cannot fall past the event horizon. My reasoning is this: From the perspective of the object falling, time moves normally for it - but time outside the event horizon would appear to speed up. So as the next second passes for the falling object, billions (or even...
At the event horizon for a black hole is R=2GM/C^2
This means that, as a star collapses, it gets more dense until this limit is reached. Assuming a consistent density (just an approximation as I know this will not really be the case), the Mass will reduce proportionally to the cube of R, but...
Calculation for rate of expansion
The current estimates ont he size of the Universe put it at about 78 Billion ly across (or a radius of 39 Billion ly).
If we accept that the age of the Universe is 13.8bly and the extra size (assuming it could grow at the speed of light without this extra) is...
You have missed the point about the fish hooks. Over time they form a more complex system - because that is the more probably outcome. It is highly unlikley that they will remain untangled. Thermodynamics does not contradict increasing complexity - in fact it is agreement with it. The...
(Note Chaos theory is about the butterfly effect and how small changes in initial conditions can create a large change over time.) The law of entropy applies to heat. It does not apply to a box of fish-hooks, nor to the complxity of matter over time. If you shake a box of fish-hooks they will...