I agree, that's the coolest thing about it. A related statement is that, once the size of the screen shrinks to the size of the event horizon, the number of bit patterns becomes exactly 1 and it can shrink no further. (At least for the classical "uncharged, non-rotating" case) And yes, it's important to consider that we might be falling towards another much larger mass, or emerging from the other side of a wormhole (Einstein-Rosen bridge). I seem to recall that was put forth as a possible explanation of the "dark energy" mystery recently. Poplawski I think. On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 09:02, Fred lunnon <fred.lunnon@gmail.com> wrote:
Mind-expanding moment #1 --- instead of the customary hocus-pocus about what happens to an object falling through the event horizon, its information simply merges with the hologram at the surface (which expands to accommodate it).
Mind-expanding moment #2 (in response to a listener who incautiously enquired how we know we are not at an event horizon) --- we _don't_ know that we are not at an event horizon.
I'm suffering overload at this point --- time to take a break and start again later --- from the beginning, I think!
Fred Lunnon
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