The Play of Singularity - By Moazim

The Black Hole and Whatnot 

Let me commence this blog with few questions to the readers.

Did you knew that we can Time Travel?

Did you knew we can look back in past?

Did you knew the universe originated from non-existent matter?

I'm not kidding. We can actually see in past and we had this prowess for as long as we could remember things. Also, apparently the widely accepted theory of the origin of universe, "The Big Bang Theory" depicted that the existence of every entity present today originated from a single infinitely dense matter known as "Singularity".

But to your surprise, let me tell you something - the singularity might have infinite density, temperature due to extremely intense compression per se, but it's a point because matter can attain infinite density only when it's compressed to an infinite level resulting in its transformation into a point. And the property of a point is that it has no dimensions. Furthermore, we have read in our science and math classes (if you paid attention) that any entity with no dimensions theoretically cannot exist. Illogical and strange, isn't it?

At this point, I may have caught your attention completely...But whilst waiting on the other side, where you expect me to make some sense first. So bear with me as I present before the readers, The Play of Singularity.

DISCLAIMER: Following play is purely fictional. There is no resemblance to any real event or characters the way here are depicted. It's sole purpose is to make the readers grasp the concept from the simplest perspective. Otherwise the blog may be no different from that of Einstein's research paper. Also, there is no intention of hurting anyone's feelings or any event at all.  

The Play of Singularity

 

Scene: It's the morning of Feb 14 2022. As usual Moazim is lying on his bed, sleeping till the afternoon when someone wakes him up. Lost in the blank dreams with the same drowsiness he embodies whole day. Perhaps an escape from the pitiful reality-or so he believes.

Moazim: [Sleep talking] Why am I sensing this eerie feeling as though someone is about to jeopardize my comfort? 

Scene: Enters his Friend, Sprinting from all the way from his house towards his room. Opens the door. Looks at him while panting.

Friend: [breathing heavily] Dude, Wake Up! I have a favor to ask.

Moazim: [Opens his eyes sluggishly] Is your favor asking for oxygen? Because you look like you really need it. [yawns]

Friend: [Serious glare]  Are you seriously making jokes right after waking up? You know what-never mind. This might sound completely unreasonable and inappropriate at this time of the day asking fo-  

Moazim: [Interrupting]  Speak already!

Friend:  I need you to explain singularity to me. I mean, not everything just enough to sound smart if a geek asks me about it. I'd rather respond than hum in silence.

Moazim: [Surprised] You summoning out of the blue, asking about the biggest mysteries in Quantum Physics on such a bright and sunny morning- yeah, that's reasonable. But lately I'm getting used to weird things. So, I hate to say that you may go ahead.

Friend: Thanks man. Okay... What is Singularity? [asking with excitement and urge to learn]

Moazim: The singularity is a point of infinite density and zero volume, where the laws of physics as we know them break down. The curvature of spacetime is so extreme that our current understanding of physics is unable to describe what happens at this point.

Friend: Okay. So where is singularity located?

Moazim: It's believed to be at the center of the black hole because the intense gravity of the black hole wraps the spacetime in extreme ways, creating a region known as singularity at the center.

Friend: What happens to time at singularity?

Moazim: At singularity, time dilation becomes infinite and time effectively stands still. Not only that, we can also see back in time besides the context of singularity.

Friend: [Shocked] How?

Moazim: Yeah. Look, light is fast but still takes time to travel. So here the showman is distance. When light strikes to some surface and reflects back to us, it forms the image. But what if the surface to too far for the light to reach then come back? So, basically when we see things far away like starts, we are actually looking them the way they were thousand or even million years ago! Because light traveled a lot to show us the image it got by reflecting years ago due to huge distance. It's like time travel isn't it?

Friend: [Lacking the excitement and urge he had minutes ago] Any paradox I must know?

Moazim: Oh,boy, it brings more paradoxes than logic. Still, one famous paradox is Information Paradox by Stephen Hawking where he suggests that information contained in matter that falls into a black hole is lost forever. This raises questions about what happens to the information that makes a human being. In fact, if we were to fall in a black hole, the intense gravity would stretch us so long that we would look like noodle.

Friend: But we'll be immortal there, right?

Moazim: The concept of immortality becomes meaningless in this context. The idea of aging, decay or death becomes irrelevant. The laws of physics cease to apply and our understanding of life and mortality becomes inapplicable.

Friend: You could have simply said no. 

Moazim: Still I didn't mean no. It's a para-

Friend: [interrupting] I think that's it. Thanks for the help. You've acquired the right to know why I need this info. What's the date today?

Moazim: [perplexed]  February 14, Why?

Friend: That geek I mentioned? She's into this Quantum fuss, and I may have lied about being into it, too. So, I need to sound smart when we meet-on Valentine's Day.

Moazim: [sighing] Okay. You done?

Friend: Yeah, thanks man. I wonder why you're still sin-

Moazim: [grabs his hand and shows him way out, giving him the vintage salute before slamming the door shut]

[Closes the door.]

Moazim: Turns out that eerie feeling was right. Man, I feel wasted. I need to resume my dream-oh wait, they're blank.[slams himself on the bed.]

[Curtain Falls into Black Hole]

-By Moazim

The VORTEX

Email: moazimfarooq8@gmail.com