The Most Famous Paradox in Physics Nears Its End

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In a series of breakthrough papers, theoretical physicists have come tantalizingly close to resolving the black hole information paradox that has entranced and bedeviled them for nearly 50 years. Information, they now say with confidence, does escape a black hole. If you jump into one, you will not be gone for good. Particle by particle, the information needed to reconstitute your body will reemerge. Most physicists have long assumed it would; that was the upshot of string theory, their leading candidate for a unified theory of nature. But the new calculations, though inspired by string theory, stand on their own, with nary a string in sight. Information gets out through the workings of gravity itself — just ordinary gravity with a single layer of quantum effects. 

https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-black-hole-information-paradox-comes-to-an-end-20201029/

Tomb_no12

Well I guess this makes sense considering there is always an infinite amount of energy in the universe, and it can't all be in one giant black hole.

Lightyagami2411

@tomb_no12 I think you got the wrong idea. We're talking about quantum information here

Lightyagami2411

You might want to check this out

Tomb_no12

ok cool thanks

SpeedyFalcon9

Thanks