You get to see a black hole in person without the consequences of time dilation or death. Would you do it?

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Your downside is that from your perspective an entire year will have passed. So basically the opposite of time dilation. Instead of thousands of years passing by on earth, the year will be passing by on your end. From earth’s perspective it’ll be like you never left. You cannot bring anything other than the food and water you’ve been equipped with.

After floating around the black hole for 1 year, you will return back to earth immediately.

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    Copy of the original post in case of edits: Your downside is that from your perspective an entire year will have passed. So basically the opposite of time dilation. Instead of thousands of years passing by on earth, the year will be passing by on your end. From earth’s perspective it’ll be like you never left. You cannot bring anything other than the food and water you’ve been equipped with.

    After floating around the black hole for 1 year, you will return back to earth immediately.

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  2. davidmartin1357 Avatar

    Me? No

    Would I give a year so someone who could actually learn something from it observe it? Yes

  3. OdinThePoodle Avatar

    Badass, I’m in.

  4. data-artist Avatar

    Not sure what there would be to see. After all, it is a black hole in space.

  5. makethebadpeoplestop Avatar

    If it was a day, yes, but a whole year (from my perspective) without my husband and cats? No thanks.

  6. Dangerous_Grape_3507 Avatar

    Do I want to experience first-hand one of the most mysterious, intriguing, and powerful natural occurrences in our existence, with no chance of harm, at only the cost of a year? 

    You underestimate my fascination with space and my desire to shorten my life. Fire me into that black hole right now.