Compacting Matter in a Black Hole Singularity: Is It Pure Entropy?

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The discussion centers on the concept of compacting matter within a black hole singularity and its relation to entropy. Participants propose that matter may be highly ordered and can be reduced to a simpler, repeating unit, akin to the numerical example of 110055. This leads to the hypothesis that a black hole could represent pure entropy, as it embodies a state of maximum disorder. The conversation highlights the lack of current scientific theories that predict such phenomena, emphasizing the need for further exploration of entropy in the context of black holes.

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Information that is ordered can be compacted down to a single repeating unit i,e; 110055110055110055110055 down to just 110055 and this meant that it must have been highly ordered to be compacted down this far.

So could it be that matter is also highly ordered somehow and it can be compacted down like that to its disordered and random repeating unit like 110055, and would it mean that this assumption is valid. So that might mean a black hole is pure entropy?

Anyone?
 
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!Jon Snow! said:
could it be that matter is also highly ordered somehow and it can be compacted down like that to its disordered and random repeating unit like 110055

No current scientific theory that I'm aware of predicts anything like this.

!Jon Snow! said:
So that might mean a black hole is pure entropy?

What would "pure entropy" mean? Entropy always comes attached to something.
 
I've heard all the information can be projected to a surface, but I just go with the concept that 0 degrees of freedom of compacted matter represents the ultimate entropy that can't deviate.
 

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