One truth we have been able to count on concerning scientific persuit over the centuries has been that only testable theories survive the intense scr… - John Moffat

Is the reader feeling confused about the status of the black hole information paradox and black holes in general? So am I!

It may be that ultimately the search for dark matter will turn out to be the most expensive and largest null result experiment since the Michelson-Morely experiment, which failed to detect the ether.

A large part of the relativity community is in denial - refusing even to contemplate the idea that black holes may not exist in nature, or seriously consider the idea that any kind of new matter such as the new putative dark energy can play a fundamental role in gravity theory.