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Is the black hole at our galaxy’s centre a quantum computer? | Aeon Essays

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Might nature’s bottomless pits actually be ultra-efficient quantum computers? That could explain why data never dies

After you die, your body’s atoms will disperse and find new venues, making their way into oceans, trees and other bodies. But according to the laws of quantum mechanics, all of the information about your body’s build and function will prevail. The relations between the atoms, the uncountable particulars that made you you, will remain forever preserved, albeit in unrecognisably scrambled form – lost in practice, but immortal in principle. There is only one apparent exception to this reassuring concept: according to our current physical understanding, information cannot survive an encounter…

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