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> It's a theory that is almost uniquely derived from a pre-existing set of assumptions that do have a large body of empirical support. What additional assumpti
by c1ccccc1 6y ago
> It's a theory that is almost uniquely derived from a pre-existing set of assumptions that do have a large body of empirical support.
What additional assumptions (on top of the ones Hawking made) does the new calculation use that don't have a large body of empirical support?
- Kranar 6y agoThe most plausible solutions can be read on Wikipedia along with the assumptions they either make, or violate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole_information_paradox#Postulated_solutions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole_information_paradox...
- c1ccccc1 6y agoThanks for the link. It seems that the gradual leakage solution was thought to require an additional assumption that violated semiclassical gravity, but this new result is consistent with semiclassical gravity. However, platz's reply to my original comment makes a good point about the new work using a gravitational path integral, so I think I'll take that as my answer for now.