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Re:Black Holes May Hide a Mind-Bending Secret About Our Univ... by Nevermark on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @04:21PM (#33168735)
> "Gravity well" is a better descriptor, but not when considered a hole [...]

But a well IS a hole in the ground and a pretty deep subject.

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Re:Black Holes May Hide a Mind-Bending Secret About Our Univ... by Maursault on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @04:55PM (#33169131)
> But a well IS a hole in the ground

A water well is a special type of hole known as an excavation, meaning, of course, that it was excavated. Wells are not made by accumulating so many things that they just sink into the ground, and nothing is taken out of a black hole to create it.

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