Friday, July 16. 2004
Using Black Holes as Computers
Stephen Hawking has argued for years that once the event horizon of a block hole is formed, nothing..not even information..can ever escape.
This has caused a lot of problems for quantum physics, since a basic tenet is that information cannot be destroyed.
But now, Hawking is reversing himself, and scientists that have long disputed Hawking's earlier theories may be vindicated, like MIT Engineer Seth Lloyd, who says "black holes allow so much information to escape that they might make viable quantum computers.".
JaBbA says check it out - if you can get your head around it, that is.
I'm very confused.
This has caused a lot of problems for quantum physics, since a basic tenet is that information cannot be destroyed.
But now, Hawking is reversing himself, and scientists that have long disputed Hawking's earlier theories may be vindicated, like MIT Engineer Seth Lloyd, who says "black holes allow so much information to escape that they might make viable quantum computers.".
JaBbA says check it out - if you can get your head around it, that is.
I'm very confused.
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