Originally Posted by
Sesquipedalian
Getting back to the original question, there is a theory (not sure of the name) that what happens in a black hole has to do with perception. From the outside, a person who "falls" into a black hole is destroyed, while the person would perceive themselves to be whole, continuing on their straight trajectory.
Another example, two perfectly synchronized watches are on the wrists of two people. One person (victim) starts to fall into a black hole just before midnight. If the outside person could watch the time on the victim's watch, and the victim is "destroyed" at exactly midnight, the victim's watch would never reach midnight. However, the victim would perceive time to pass as normal.