Grey is the New Black Hole: Is Stephen Hawking Right? (Op-Ed)

"...In reality, the headlines should not be “black holes don’t exist” but “black holes are more complicated than we thought, but we are not going to really know how complicated until gravity and quantum mechanics try to get along”.

But one last vexing question – is Hawking right? I started this article by noting that science is often compared to religion, with practitioners awaiting pronouncements from on high, all falling into line with the latest dogma.

But that’s not the way science works, and it is important to remember that, while Hawking is clearly very smart – to quote the immortal Tammy Wynette in Stand By Your Man, “after all, he’s just a man” – and just because he says something does not make it so.

Hawking’s proposed solution is clever, but the debate on the true nature of black holes will continue to rage..."

 http://www.space.com/24478-grey-is-the-new-black-hole-is-stephen-hawking-right.html