&gt; until the black hole evaporates in front of you (Hawking radiation)<p>There would not be Hawking radiation since the black hole has not formed.<p>&gt; That said, I doubt physicists would have overlooked this for 100 years<p>Other people have noticed this too: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Eternally_collapsing_object" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Eternally_collapsing_object</a><p>It doesn&#x27;t seem to get as much attention, I think because there is less interesting math there to do research on.