Immanuel Kant posited the existence of black holes as a reductio ad absurdum to Newton's theory of gravitation countered by Newton's claim that light consists of particles. Aside from that the Geek.com article had a small problem, not fatal. It is true, as they say that the work is "thus far without peer review"; but its appearance in Physics Letters B means that it was considered significant; it will attract peer review.
"thus far without peer review"; but its appearance in Physics Letters B means that it was considered significant; it will attract peer review.
Here is the Physics Letters B version (allows a PDF download):
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/art...
Here is the arXive paper
http://arxiv.org/pdf/1409.1837v1.pdf