Why Quantum Information is Never Destroyed
Overview
A PBS Space Time episode asking whether the universe's information can ever truly be lost, tying quantum mechanics, determinism and black holes together. It sets up the black hole information paradox.
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HN commenters point to it as an accessible explanation of abstract modern physics around the black hole information problem.
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Video by PBS Space Time, played through YouTube.
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