Why Black Holes Could Delete The Universe – The Information Paradox
Black holes are scary things. But they also might reveal the true nature of the universe to us.
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How Black Holes Could Delete The Universe – The Information Paradox
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August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
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@richardpaxford5792
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
I like to think that at the heart of each Black Hole is one, small, piece of Fairy Cake.
@JackKelly-m3c
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
8:04 REALITY IS AN ILLUSION THE UNIVERSE IS A HOLOGRAM BUY GOLD BYEEEEEE
@AaronNair-k7k
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
I thought that this video was one year old not 7
@Multiverse-g9v
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
About this paradox the information gets sent out of the universe think about a 3D grid to figure it out
@MayGriffiths-x9b
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
black holes took 'knowledge is power' to a whole other level
@SRM-425
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
1:56….For those wondering— A black hole🌚 with the mass of our sun☀️ would take approximately 10^67 years to evaporate completely via Hawking radiation.😶
@Icarus71191
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
I have the mathematical truth about black holes in my channel's posts. Copy all of the pictures from the post labeled ITRT Origins…
@Qwertyuiop-l5c4o
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
I can’t find the sources. Did they not put them there or is it just my device or bad searching skills? If you find them, please reply with a link
@Qwertyuiop-l5c4o
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
Why does Hawking Radiation happen?
4:43 Why? Anyone have any examples?
Wait, how do we know the information would be lost?
8:27 and 9:27 How our understanding of physics change if it’s a ‘might be’? What if we aren’t? Problem solved!
Also 9:27 How does that change anything even if it’s true?
@Qwertyuiop-l5c4o
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
0:37 Isn’t it infinitely strong? And I thought singularities were only theoretical. Could someone also actually answer, please? I’m confused.
@vedanshihooda4935
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
Interstelllar theme
@dorinenalo-b2o
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
Me:A black hole 🕳 consumed my homework
Teacher:Well, that's unfortunate
@arahbautista7912
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
Ah yes the original soundtrack
@MrOak1337
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
”They might delete the universe itself”
Queue worlds best intro
@Warden-1-e3p
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
1:05 Patrick's is on the rock
@SnuffIt
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
0:54 The Event Horizon seems bi to me 🤔
@DarkSide_Dispatch
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
my brain cant even comprehend what a blackhole would look like, and even the concept of it all scares me lol
@Ichibuns
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
To our understanding, information cannot be deleted. However, it's essentially deleted if you can't access it and or gets changed to something unrecognizable. Not much of a difference other than a philosophical one.
@BanellaDandelion
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
This video is super clear, engaging, and amazing. Thank you so much, it really means a lot
@lowcrash9319
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
Me: my black hole ate my homework
@tunnaingsoe3727
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
This is a very interesting topic!
@caveman5446
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
"Mini Ant Roof" was not an anagram I was expecting out of "information" but by golly you all never cease to impress me with the silly animations and interestinf information.
@sjvv4961
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
I saw this as a 5 year old and it gave me nightmares for months 😭
@the1bredman
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
"Reality's an Illusion, the Universe is a Hologram, Buy Gold, ByeE"
@commontater1785
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
Two serious flaws in the way this videos explains things:
1) Information it NOT what MAKES two different arrangements of atoms different objects. That's like saying that the photographs of two houses are what MAKE them different shapes. It's ass backwards.
2) You need to motivate WHY we should expect information to be preserved. The deletion of information is a common everyday experience for all of us, so you really need to spend a long time explaining why we should expect the universe to leave a record of every past state of itself.
This video is a perfect example of how making the issue "simpler" makes it impossible to actually understand.
@Leliana619-3
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
Let’s create a black hole take so many laundry baskets. It falls up in the entire room. The room is filled squeeze one extra shock in with lots of pressure boom a black hole. Do not do this.😨
@Solarstar-y6z
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
6:23 I hope an idiot doesn't try that or they completely doomed the solar system
@Biobusinessmiddleway
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
If it can happen, there must have many super massive blank hole to collapse the whole universe
@Merisden
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
Best explanation of black holes I ever heard
@faheemabid9646
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
4:00 black holes destroy information
7:55 holographic principle
@colbyrackler3915
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
If Black Holes explode at the end of their life, could the Big Bang just be a result of a really, really, really big Black Hole ending?
@NoxmilesDe
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
OK what are information Clowns? 🤡
@lavague7648
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
Good story. But quantum mechanics is an incomplete theory.
@almazsagdiev7301
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
Information is sent back out in form of hawking radiation
@MariuszWoliwoda
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
The black holes swallows rest of universe 1T years💀
@003-michael9
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
Information is just another dimension like time. The black holes are more or less a worm hole for humans, but as for information and you could say when they’re formed the information it’s transported elsewhere where it may not be destroyed. After all I don’t know.
@colem631
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
It's comforting to think of our little corner of the galaxy as being so small and insignificant that hopefully the gravity of the larger objects and clusters will pull rouge black holes towards them and away from us.
When I was a kid, I was really worried about rogue black holes. I would actively worry about them in elementary school (I loved the Science Channel) and by the time I was about 13 I had come to terms with my existential dread about the universe and the fragility of the Earth.
The more I've learned about how insignificant we are, the more it's helped me get over my fears of the truly massive threats out there, so maybe a little existential dread every once in a while isn't such a bad thing.
It's all about perspective.
@BlackholeUnicorn
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
Error code
@Duxidusmillionfan-l6n
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
0:10
@rachaelpilley511
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
It’s hard to understand but very interesting 🤔 the idea is hard
@VuthimanidavMenh-rp1jp
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
I actually wonder what happens when the whole universe is swallowed by a black hole. Where will we go?
@CodyInGames
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
including my search history?
@prajyotsingh-q1g
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 am
3:57 is literally Ciel(Kurzgesagt) Trying to explain to Rimuru(Me) how he can recreate the universe from scratch, and he being a derp derp unable to understand anything.
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