Do we live inside an enormous black hole?

Unexplainable

Vox

Life Sciences, Science, Natural Sciences

4.5 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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It’s possible that the entire observable universe is inside a black hole. All we need to do to find out is … build a gigantic particle collider around the moon. Guest: James Beacham, particle physicist at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN For show transcripts, go to vox.com/unxtranscripts For more, go to vox.com/unexplainable And please email us! [email protected] We read every email. Support Unexplainable by becoming a Vox Member today: vox.com/members Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:47.0	Support for Unexplainable comes from Into the Mix.
0:50.0	A Ben and Jerry's podcast about joy and justice produced with Vox Creative.
0:55.0	Einez Bordeaux became an activist after she was caught up in the criminal legal system.
1:00.0	When she couldn't afford her bond, Einez sent to a St. Louis detention facility known as the workhouse,
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1:17.9	Subscribe to Into the Mix a Ben and Jerry's podcast. A couple months ago I was watching a video and I heard this question that I didn't even know was possible.
1:30.0	Do we live inside an enormous black hole?
1:37.3	I was like, yeah, no, it's not possible.
1:39.4	Like, that's a strange question.
1:42.9	So I looked up the bio of this guy, James Beachham, and he's a particle physicist at the Large Hadron
1:49.4	Collider at Cern.
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