{"id":9460,"date":"2020-05-05T22:01:53","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T21:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ffephilosophy.org\/theforum\/?p=9460"},"modified":"2020-08-14T15:56:31","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T14:56:31","slug":"from-the-vaults-black-holes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ffephilosophy.org\/theforum\/from-the-vaults-black-holes\/","title":{"rendered":"From the vaults: Black Holes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Stephen Baxter\/ Amelie Saintonge\/ Karim Th\u00e9bault<!--more--><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Listen to the recording <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.rawvoice.com\/lse_europeaninstitute\/richmedia.lse.ac.uk\/europeaninstitute\/20181126_blackHoles.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a><\/span> or on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/evHuKhUwB2k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>YouTube<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What are black holes, why are physicists so sure they exist, and how did we come to know about them?\u00a0Can we know, or at least imagine, what happens inside a black hole?\u00a0The science of black holes has long inspired science fiction writers, but might science fiction help us understand science fact?\u00a0We discuss black holes, philosophy, and the long-standing and productive relationship between science and sci-fi.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speakers<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stephen-baxter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stephen Baxter<\/a><br \/>\nAuthor of <em>Xeelee: Vengeance<\/em>, <em>Obelisk<\/em>, the <em>Long Earth<\/em> series with Terry Prachett, and the\u00a0<em>Time Odyssey<\/em> series with Arthur C. Clarke<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.star.ucl.ac.uk\/~amelie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amelie Saintonge<\/a><br \/>\nAssociate Professor of Astrophysics, UCL<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/karimthebault.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Karim Th\u00e9bault<\/a><br \/>\nSenior Lecturer in Philosophy of Science, University of Bristol<\/p>\n<p>Chair<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ffephilosophy.org\/theforum\/jonathan-birch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jonathan Birch<\/a><br \/>\nAssociate Professor of Philosophy, LSE &amp; Fellow, Forum for Philosophy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Supported by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebsps.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">British Society for the Philosophy of Science<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Recorded on 21 November 2018 at the LSE<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"button\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/ac\/ERKS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Subscribe to podcasts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Baxter, Amelie Saintonge, and Karim Th\u00e9bault discuss the science, philosophy, and science fiction of black holes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1169,"featured_media":10417,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_expiration-date-status":"saved","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"categories":[109,165],"tags":[],"coauthors":[153],"class_list":["post-9460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","category-from-the-vaults"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ffephilosophy.org\/theforum\/files\/2020\/05\/6-MI-STF.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6zUjQ-2sA","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ffephilosophy.org\/theforum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ffephilosophy.org\/theforum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ffephilosophy.org\/theforum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ffephilosophy.org\/theforum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ffephilosophy.org\/theforum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9460"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/ffephilosophy.org\/theforum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13769,"href":"https:\/\/ffephilosophy.org\/theforum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9460\/revisions\/13769"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ffephilosophy.org\/theforum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ffephilosophy.org\/theforum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ffephilosophy.org\/theforum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ffephilosophy.org\/theforum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9460"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ffephilosophy.org\/theforum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=9460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}