Can Black Holes Unify General Relativity & Quantum Mechanics?

Black hole complementarity may force us to rethink what it means to say that it exists.

Can Black Holes Unify General Relativity & Quantum Mechanics? PBS Space Time

Premiered May 23, 2024
Can Black Holes Unify General Relativity & Quantum Mechanics?

Black holes clash in multiple ways with quantum mechanics. One such clash is the black hole information paradox—and a proposed solution—black hole complementarity—may forced us to radically rethink what it even means to say that something to exists.

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