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The recent discussions here on the article Dr Hossenfelder is sceptical about: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24940086 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?

• AnimalMuppet 6y ago
  Note, however, her comment: > This is why the headline that the black hole information loss problem is “coming to an end” is ridiculous. Though, let me mention that I know the author of the piece, George Musser, and he’s a decent guy and, the way this often goes, he didn’t choose the title. She's against where the popular media wants to go with the article, and against the headline, but not so much against the article itself.
  • tsimionescu 6y ago
    I think she also believes that, since the problem is not even close to being testable at this time at least, it is not really worth studying to the current extent - any theories about it would only remain mathematical constructs, not physical theories.
    • AnimalMuppet 6y ago
      She said that > In my opinion, the black hole information loss problem is the most overhyped problem in all of science, and I say that as someone who has published several papers about it. So I'm not sure that she thinks it isn't worth studying. I think she thinks it isn't valid to declare that something "solves" it, though.