antimatter Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 I recently read a thread about information, and it got me thinking. Can information be totally destroyed? Several people I ask said no, but while wondering about this, I was also reading a bit about black holes, and I was thinking, couldn't black holes completely destroy information? What about the information released in Hawking Radiation, could it be pieced back together somehow? Or is it completely scrambled? I apologize if this has been asked before, I had a thread before about black holes, and I asked this question, but the only answer I got was "google it". Thanks for any answers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecoli Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 how are you defining information here... If I smash a hard drive, or demagnetize it, the stored information will be lost, even though the matter that encoded that info will still be around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antimatter Posted June 4, 2008 Author Share Posted June 4, 2008 The matter, the molecules, I'm thinking information on a smaller scale. But yeah, smashing a hard drive would do the job for the information you're thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaynos Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Time for a wp page... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole_information_paradox The information comes out again but muddled... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antimatter Posted June 4, 2008 Author Share Posted June 4, 2008 (edited) Yeah, but is it possible to piece it together? I had already read the article Edited June 4, 2008 by antimatter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaynos Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Possible of feasible? All the information is still there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antimatter Posted June 6, 2008 Author Share Posted June 6, 2008 (edited) Possible. Is there any method of obtaining it from the radiation? It says in the link that information could be recovered, but could it be pieced together? Edited June 4, 2008 by antimatter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaynos Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 I honestly don't know. I would assume if you gathered all the information over all time AND had an understanding of quantum gravity then you would be able to.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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