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The discussion centers on the Hawking paradox, specifically the implications of entangled virtual particles at a black hole's event horizon. The argument posits that if these particles are entangled, interactions with particles falling into the black hole could theoretically allow for information transfer, challenging the notion that no useful information can be conveyed through entanglement. However, the complexities of wavefunction interpretation and unpredictable phenomena within black holes complicate this theory. The primary reference for understanding the Hawking paradox is Stephen Hawking's book "The Universe in a Nutshell."

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I was just did a little reading on the Hawking paradox. I might be wrong but from what I understand, his argument is that if the virtual particles forming at the event horizon were entangled, then somehow if the particle falling into the black hole interacts with matter we can detect the changes in the other particle. Now I always thought that no useful information can be transferred through entanglement? I mean if the hawking paradox is real, wouldn't that mean it is possible to carry information using entanglement?
 
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The problem with this is "what really happens in a black hole." Although entagnlement is useful, the wavefunction becomes hard to interpret once a particle enters a black hole. Hypothetically, using entagnlement to detect a particle's movements within a black hole is possible, but unpredictable things happen once you enter the event horizon.

I am babbling of course. The Best source for the Hawking Paradox is in the book "The Universe in a Nutshell" written by Hawking himself.
 
I don't believe in black holes.
 
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