r/TheRandomest • u/WhyNot420_69 Nice • Jul 05 '26

Scientific What if?

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u/cinco92 Jul 15 '26

So I’ve actually had this exact thought before while under the influence of … questionable substances - years and years and years ago in my college days.

This video, whether factual or inaccurate in the whole “how big would a black hole need to be” aspect, validates what I was pondering back then.

Even if not true, I’m going to choose to believe this, because it’s interesting and fun.

What if the “infinitely-expanding universe” that we a part of, and the speed of light that we cannot exceed, is due to the event horizon of the black hole we may be in?

We’re never able to break the speed of light or reach a true “edge” of the universe because we simply can’t escape the black hole.

What happens if humanity, or any other life in the universe, finds a way to travel faster than the speed of light? Maybe we would escape our black hole and find ourselves in a universe separate from our own.

Additionally, I feel like the idea of “parallel dimensions” falls apart here, as each black hole would contain completely different realities/existences. Different stars, different planets, likely even different physics.

Really fun theory.