Zhao Yi's thesis was mostly speculative, since it didn't touch upon mathematical theory, it looked like a "science fiction speculation" article.
If someone else had published similar content, they would have certainly been scoffed at.
Zhao Yi was different.
Because the paper was authored by Zhao Yi, it immediately garnered global attention.
Media reports simply stated, "Zhao Yi confirms that spatial cloaks are black holes!"
"Spatial cloaks are energy-less black holes, which have been confirmed by the world's top scientists!"
"We can now be sure that black holes exist, and we possess the technology to create them."
"Stephen Hawking would definitely want to discuss this with Zhao Yi face-to-face, he put forward the black hole theory, and now Zhao Yi confirmed their existence, believing black holes and spatial cloaks are the same."
There were all kinds of opinions in the public discourse.