eli5 what is the information paradox in physics?
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It’s a paradox surrounding black holes. One of the premises of physics is that information cannot be destroyed. This information they talk about is the waveform/wave function of the quantum particles entering it. But a black hole is just a singularity with a boundary around it. All matter brought in is condensed into a single point which should not be possible with the current quantum model.
With all particles occupying the same space their waveforms are collapsed and lost
Another way to think about it is the waveform of the particle encodes it’s entire time-line, but a black hole breaks this by Collapsing the waveform of the particle
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