Strangeness of Black Holes
I&#x27;m curious about the description of a black hole as a singularity. I&#x27;m going to resort to Neoplatonist philosophy to try to understand this.<p>In the formation of the universe, the notion of a singularity points at an old idea, argued by Plotinus, that everything started with &quot;The One&quot;. This is commensurable with the statement that the boltzmann entropy of the start of the universe, prior to inflation, would be equal to &quot;1&quot; -- because that is the total volume of possible phase space. That, to me, is very elegant -- although it is unclear whether there are predictions about how the 1 becomes 2 (&quot;the indefinite dyad&quot;), 3 and then the inflationary myriad. But still, I&#x27;m impressed that the logic of ancient philosophy could correspond reasonably with modern physics.<p>From this perspective, I&#x27;m interpreting big bang&#x27;s &quot;singularity&quot; as =1. What is the nature of the singularity of a blackhole? Is the event horizon itself the singularity, or does it just an effect of a singularity at the center of the blackhole? Is there a &quot;One&quot; at the center of the blackhole?