[HN Gopher] The Black Hole Information Paradox Comes to an End ___________________________________________________________________ The Black Hole Information Paradox Comes to an End Author : colinprince Score : 53 points Date : 2020-11-14 13:42 UTC (9 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.wired.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.wired.com) | cbsmith wrote: | I dislike the "encrypted password" metaphor, but this is some | pretty great science journalism/writing. | tobmlt wrote: | If anyone with a strong stem background wants a minimal path to | understanding this (or at least seeing what it takes to | understand this) on a deeper level I have to recommend Leonard | Susskind's "Introduction To Black Holes, Information And The | String Theory Revolution: The Holographic Universe". It pulls no | punches. | | Read it with Feynman's mantra in mind: (paraphrasing/retooling | The mantra for lesser mortals like myself) just dive in, read | until you don't understand, then go find a book for that part, | and read until you don't understand, etc etc. I recommend having | a "strong stem background" first or else this tactic may never | terminate. Maybe Lenny's Susskind's theoretical minimum course | could fit the bill for most of the background too, but I can't | vouch for how much GR is covered. | kgwgk wrote: | Discussed a couple of weeks ago: | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24940086 | paulpauper wrote: | When people lament that physics is at a dead end, I look at | stories like this and think 'what are you talking about?' This | decade I think we will see significant breakthroughs in | theoretical physics. | idlewords wrote: | Buried a few paragraphs deep in the article: "The revised | semiclassical theory has yet to explain how exactly the | information gets out..." | | So maybe the old paradox has some life left in it yet. | cbsmith wrote: | Headlines are always deliberately dramatic. | AmericanChopper wrote: | It's not even the headline | | > The Most Famous Paradox in Physics Nears Its End | | I think the article was originally titled the same as the OP, | but then changed the headline after eventually realizing it | was wrong. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-11-14 23:00 UTC)