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Wirt Atmar <[log in to unmask]>
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Craig asks:

> Not meaning to start another long thread, but if entropy wins wouldn't
>  a black hole defy that logic?

In a very real manner, a black hole represents the death of information and
thus the ultimate entropic state. Information simply cannot cross the event
horizon.

For a simplified version of the theory, please see:

     http://theory.uwinnipeg.ca/users/gabor/symmetry/slide20.html

For a more complete version, please see:

     http://www.sns.ias.edu/~dpsaltis/ASTRO541/dec9.pdf

Wirt Atmar

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