Supermassive Black Holes More Fiction Than Scientific Fact
| Article | |
|---|---|
| Title | Supermassive Black Holes More Fiction Than Scientific Fact |
| Author(s) | Harry Hamlin Ricker |
| 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 |
"Supermassive Black Holes More Fiction Than Scientific Fact" is a review by Harry Hamlin Ricker published on 30 April 2019 on Beyond Mainstream.
Ricker treats the BBC Horizon programme as a case study in how science documentaries blend a little fact with a great deal of speculative fiction. He lays the blame on a scientific method that has drifted from its stricter traditional form into the sensationalising of discovery, and warns that a young astronomer drawn in by such programmes will before long discover how little of what was presented was established.