[i_no_can_eat]

The difference is that we have theorerically sound formation scenarious for black holes under very broad conditions, and we have absolutely no model for a formation scenario of such an exotic dark star.

[mr_toad]

Observations keep poking holes in those hypotheses (I’m not sure they even count as theories). We keep finding black holes with anomalous masses, or black holes that formed too early.

Part of the problem is that we have very little observational data. But another big problem is that our best ideas, based on general relativity are known to be incompatible with quantum mechanics.

[i_no_can_eat]

My comment was specifically about those alternative "dark stars" hypothesis. Is there one with a formation scenario?

[CuriouslyC]

That's gated by a constructivist replacement for general relativity and a deeper understanding of heavy quarks. Science marches on.