#428 – Sean Carroll: General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Black Holes & Aliens

1492.445 - 1515.784 Sean Carroll

The other approximation is I do have a gravitational field of my own. And therefore, as I approach the black hole, the black hole doesn't just sit there and let me pass through. It kind of moves out to eat me up because its net energy mass is going to be mine plus its. Okay. But roughly speaking, yes. I don't like to go to the dramatic extremes because that's where the approximations break down.