[ExI] Intelligence inside a black hole

[BillK]

On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Kelly Anderson  wrote:
> I recently learned that if the rotational energy of a black hole is
> large enough, that the center of the black hole isn't a point, but
> rather a doughnut shaped spinning mass of extremely densely packed
> neutrons (and I suppose other matter). I wonder if it is theoretically
> possible to configure such matter into computronium of some sort. The
> advantage of such an environment would be that since the speed of
> light limits computational speed in normal matter, with the smaller
> spaces between elements inside a black hole, the computation could
> theoretically be billions of times faster. The disadvantage of course
> is that there would be no way (under current theory) of communicating
> back out of the black hole.
>
> Time inside a black hole is weird, so would that cancel or enhance the
> advantages of such a configuration? And would the time warp really
> matter since the size of the observable universe would shrink to the
> space within the event horizon? Or would it? Maybe you can see out of
> a black hole, but not in??
>
> Final question, would there remain usable energy inside the black hole
> longer than in the rest of the universe? Could this be the last escape
> pod for intelligent life?
>
>


Nothing can escape from a black hole once it gets past the event horizon.

This means that we can never know what goes on inside a black hole.
All our speculations / predictions are untestable.

Whether the singularity at the centre is a point or a ring, it still
has zero volume and infinite density.
I doubt if this is something we can work with.  :)

This article is followed by a list of questions and answers about black holes.
(And you can ask more questions if your questions isn't in the list).
<http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/blackholes.php>


BillK