Critical Thought on the Black Hole Image
| Article | |
|---|---|
| Title | Critical Thought on the Black Hole Image |
| Author(s) | David de Hilster |
| Published in | Beyond Mainstream |
| Date | 2019-04-30 |
| Subject area | Physics |
| Topics | black holes, cosmology, science media |
Read online | Read the full article |
Archived copy | Archived version |
| Retrieved | 2026-07-23 |
"Critical Thought on the Black Hole Image" is an article by David de Hilster published on 30 April 2019 on Beyond Mainstream, with a companion video on his Dissident Science channel.
De Hilster places the first black hole image alongside the detection of gravitational waves and the confirmation of the Higgs boson as announcements trailed weeks in advance to maximise publicity. His argument is about relevance rather than the image itself: that big physics and cosmology produce nothing of practical consequence for ordinary people, and that a public increasingly willing to question authority is ready to become, in his phrase, science woke.