PBS Space Time
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15:29 · 2.5M views · Mar 30, 2017
A PBS Space Time episode explaining how space and time swap roles inside a black hole's event horizon. It is part of the channel's black hole series.
Recommended as the cleanest visual explanation of time and space switching roles past the horizon, and a gateway to the channel's black hole videos.
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This is from PBS Spacetime series [1]. A fantastic channel, and they did a number of videos on black holes. [1] this video
> ...at the same moment. As an aside, this is a rather funny phrase to be using about objects so massive that time and space actually switch roles inside their event horizons compared to the normal universe. I don't feel like I can explain it very well, but here is a video that does so: this video (Skip to about 5:15 for the good stuff.)
PBS Space Time to the rescue: What Happens at the Event Horizon? - [LINK] What’s On The Other Side Of A Black Hole? - [LINK] How Time Becomes Space Inside a Black Hole - this video The Black Hole Information Paradox - [LINK]
[LINK] I hope it helps. I think this is the cleanest explanation with actual visual representation. Edit: Sorry this one is even better. How Time Becomes Space Inside a Black Hole | Space Time this video
Apologies for replying to my own post, but I should have included sources. Here is the best stuff I've found so far: [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] There is an episode of How the Universe Works (I think) where they talk about the multiverse looking like an infinite block of swiss cheese, and each black hole having a child universe inside with its own physics, sealed off from the parent universes. So we're in the black hole where the rules of physics allow us to exist to realize it. In other words, the multiverse used black holes to evolve the rules of physics until consciousness could exist. It's another interpretation of the anthropic principle so isn't really testable, but I thought it was elegant. Wish I could find it. Edit: some places to start: this video [LINK]