So if you feel you are in a black hole, don't give up. There's a way out.
Where these words come from
- 90% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- From BBC Reith Lecture 2, 'Black holes ain't as black as they are painted' (2015/aired 2016); excerpted as the closing two sentences of the lecture passage.
- BBC Reith Lecture 2, 'Black Holes Ain't As Black As They Are Painted'
- 2015 · BBC Radio 4 · Public lecture on black hole physics
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