The Physics of Star Trek

No matter where you go, there you are.

like insects on a rubber sheet, we live in a universe whose true form is hidden from direct view.

an electron accelerated to .9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 9999999999999 times the speed of light would hit you with the same impact as a Mack truck traveling at normal speed.

The date here is very interesting, because, as far as I can determine, the first Star Trek episode to refer to a black hole, which it called a "black star," was aired in 1967 before Wheeler ever used the term in public.

While the nature of this radiation will give no information whatsoever on what fell into the black hole,