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The Black Hole Information Paradox

The Black Hole Information Paradox on HackerTube: recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 separate months, 2018–2021.

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PBS Space Time episode on the black hole information paradox, covering how black holes seem to destroy information, the no-hair conjecture and the proposed role of the event horizon. It is part of a series on black holes.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it as a clear explanation of how information may be encoded on a black hole's surface.

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“There's a great PBS Space Time youtube video on this concept”
— ncallaway, Oct 2018, in “Are Black Holes Actually Dark Energy Stars?”

What HN commenters said

3 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.

neomMay 2021Recommends

PBS Space Time to the rescue: What Happens at the Event Horizon? - [link] What’s On The Other Side Of A Black Hole? - [link] How Time Becomes Space Inside a Black Hole - [link] The Black Hole Information Paradox - ▶ this video

in “Physicists identify the engine powering black hole energy beams” · View on HN

ncallawayOct 2018Recommends

By my understanding of the theory, yes (according to some unproven theories). The information can be imprinted on the surface of a black hole (and, later are dissipated by imprinting on Hawking Radiation). This is also the principle that led to our theoretical understanding that the maximum amount of information that can be contained in a volume is bounded by the _surface area_ of the volume. This is the Holopgraphic Principle: [link] . There's a great PBS Space Time youtube video on this concept, which explains it far better and more accurately that I ever could: ▶ this video

in “Are Black Holes Actually Dark Energy Stars?” · View on HN

aurelian15Nov 2019Cites it

Related PBS Space Time episode about the "Black Hole Information Paradox" (in general, not about the particular paper discussed in the article): ▶ this video

in “Hologram Within a Hologram Hints at Solution to Black Hole Information Paradox” · View on HN

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Cosmology & astrophysicsQuantum physicsevent horizonno-hair theoremholographic principleblack holespbs space time