Pulling information out of a black hole

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The discussion centers on the misconception that a larger black hole can extract information from a smaller black hole, likening the process to a siphon. It is established that the immense gravitational pull of black holes prevents anything, including light, from escaping. The consensus is that when two black holes are in proximity, they do not siphon information but rather merge into a larger black hole, negating the possibility of extracting data from the original black hole.

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Can somebody help me out here.

The gravity of a black hole is so strong that nothing can escape it, not even light. If that's the case, why can't another black hole of larger mass be used to extract information from the first black hole? Sort of like how a Siphon works. I imagine some sort of pathway between the 2 composed of matter somehow.
 
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007craft said:
Can somebody help me out here.

The gravity of a black hole is so strong that nothing can escape it, not even light. If that's the case, why can't another black hole of larger mass be used to extract information from the first black hole? Sort of like how a Siphon works. I imagine some sort of pathway between the 2 composed of matter somehow.

To be blunt, that's ridiculous. Two black holes near each other just merge into a bigger black hole.
 

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