So what? Observing a black hole could affect it? But because of the event horizon, we couldn't observe any such effect, right? I suppose that someone could drop in to check. And maybe then they'd know.
But what about the rest of us? I gather that Hawking eventually agreed that black holes preserve information, and could leak it (somehow, eventually). Rajaniemi exploited the idea that information could be encoded in Hawking radiation. But that's just SF, I think.
But what about the rest of us? I gather that Hawking eventually agreed that black holes preserve information, and could leak it (somehow, eventually). Rajaniemi exploited the idea that information could be encoded in Hawking radiation. But that's just SF, I think.