Lasers May Solve the Black Hole Information Paradox

astroengine writes: "In an effort to help solve the black hole information paradox that has immersed theoretical physics in an ocean of soul searching for the past two years, two researchers have thrown their hats into the ring with a novel solution: Lasers. Technically, we're not talking about the little flashy devices you use to keep your cat entertained, we're talking about the underlying physics that produces laser light and applying it to information that falls into a black hole. According to the researchers, who published a paper earlier this month to the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity (abstract), the secret to sidestepping the black hole information paradox (and, by extension, the 'firewall' hypothesis that was recently argued against by Stephen Hawking) lies in stimulated emission of radiation (the underlying physics that generates laser light) at the event horizon that is distinct from Hawking radiation, but preserves information as matter falls into a black hole."

Backup your data now

[Cryacin]

Throw your storage devices into a black hole, and make sure that your data gets preserved for eternity.

Coming soon, the ability to retrieve the data from the event horizon should it be required again.

Re:First post

[K. S. Kyosuke]

Time dilation is strong with this one...

Re:Backup your data now

[Moblaster]

Why go through all that trouble? If your hard drive had anything important on it to begin with, it would equal 42.

Re:rm -r *

[Anonymous Coward]

You're missing an argument and losing one simultaneously.