On Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at 10:26:49 AM UTC-8, The Starmaker wrote:
palsing wrote:

On Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at 5:54:06 PM UTC-8, The Starmaker wrote:
palsing wrote:

On Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at 10:20:50 AM UTC-8, The Starmaker wrote:
The Starmaker wrote:

How many Black Holes are there?



maybe yous people didn't understand the question...


How many Black Holes are there? "are there?"

"are there" means...in a place or position.

"are there"

How many Black Holes ... *are there*?


Look, I understand yous numbers guys like to say 'billions and billions'...


'billions and billions of earths', and 'billions and billions of black holes'...


but the question is...How many Black Holes are there?


You know, confirmed..


is it 10... or around 20? maybe 25??

Another guy who can't be bothered to look this up for himself, but would rather just make a wild-ass guess.

Here you go, Lazy...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_black_holes

I count 139 on that page, including galaxies containing bit double and triple black holes.


That link you provided reads:



This is an ordered list of the most massive black holes so far discovered (and probable candidates),


You would have to omit (probable candidates) since "probable candidates" you cannot confirm that which you have no proof of.


I would estimate there are over 100 probable candidates.


That leaves 10 balck holes... or around 20? or maybe even 25?? But certaintly not 130 since you didn't omit probable candidates.


There you go, Lazy...

In the interest of accuracy, the page says "This is a list of black holes (and stars considered probable candidates)". Note it says "stars" and not Supermassive black holes, which are definitely not individual stars.


Okay Lazy, here it is on the line you provided:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_black_holes


Supermassive black holes and candidates

(then under it it reads: See also: List of most massive black holes and List of quasars)

Then, you put your mouse on the highlighted link:


List of most massive black holes


The link pop-up reads: This is an ordered list of the most massive black holes so far discovered (and probable candidates)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ve_black_holes



Here you go, Lazy...

So, what's your point? 'Probable candidates' is a strong statement, and I see where casually dismissed my question about how you 'estimated' that there were over 100 'probable candidates'?

The whole point is that there is a very long list of named black holes and there is very strong evidence that they number in the hundreds of millions if not many, many more than that!

In any event, your claim that there are less than 2 dozen black holes is shown to be incorrect... and if you would like many more confirming web pages, well, all you need to do is hunt for them... unless, of course, you are too lazy to do so.