Reading: satran Kaevon (A.Glass 2017). Cover art work and Augmented Reality concept (A.Glass 2017/2023)

"Before I introduce our guests tonight in this discussion, which I am sure is going to be very interesting. As the topic is in regards to information. So, the questions that will be asked. What is information? How it is received? Processed and observed? Is information lost? In the cosmological scale of our Universe. Do Black Holes, although it is still disputed, destroy information? Or as some physicists have decreed, that information can never be completely destroyed or misplaced. It is simply stored and reshaped within the informational processes. Hence the Black Hole paradox. And finally how do we determine in this era, unprecedented, of an abundance of information. Which is constantly being fed to us via computation systems from the Internet through to its Virtual Realities. As the ultimate question is. What is relevant?"

The host a man in his late forties, formally dressed, akin to a cheerless university lecturer walks towards his seat, before sitting down he lift his notes.

"Larry Michelson is a physicist and author. His last book. Science and its reality, determines our Perception..." a man in his mid fifties walks towards his seat on the stage. "...A strong proponent of the empirical. He believes that we should not become entangled within the philosophical when discussing the science of human perception." The man smiles in an appreciative manner, aware of the host's sardonic overtures. He then sits at his designated seat right of the stage's seating arrangements. "...The author Michelle Christie, who is a science journalist..." A woman in her late thirties, short black hair, neatly dressed in a formal way. In a friendly manner waves at the audience. "...Has just released her debut book, The Paradox of Science: Will information ever be recovered from a Black Hole?" Christie sits down, folding her legs, she lifts a glass of water taking a sip. "...Also joining us tonight, as we are very lucky to have neuroscientist Craig Maninoff taken away from his busy schedule, so that he was able to attend this discussion..." A man, balding, wearing a casual formal attire, bows his head respectfully as the audience claps. He then sits down to the left of Christie. "...Finally, Professor Sean Miller, a philosopher of science, computation and information." A clean shaven man, dressed formally, well fitted pants with an accompanying blazer over a white dress shirt, open collar and no necktie walks confidently onto the stage. Although unrealized by the host and the quest speakers, but noticeable in its details, are the stylized Italian dress shoes. Professor Miller smiles at the audience, he then sits left of the physicist Larry Michelson.

The host also sits at his chair, which is angled so that he is facing the four guests. As behind them all, is a projection screen which displays the question in relation to tonight's discussion.

What is information?

"Michelle, can information be retrieved from a Black Hole?"

"Oh dear, the paradoxical question of physics for a Science journalist.” Christie replies as she quickly looks at the physicist Michelson knowing that an interjected comment may occur at any moment.

"Well you did write the book on the subject," Michelson says smiling, the host also smiles.

"Yes, but always from a second and third person perspective..." Christie replies, her retort well timed as she anticipated the initial response from the physicist. "...The late physicist Kane Smith, suggested that Black Holes eventually evaporate, they give off heat and as we know over time, objects in the Universe that expel heat, eventually decrease and they...die. In this case the paradox still remains to a degree...Which is, if a Black Hole over the course of its existence does evaporate and fade back into the Universe. The radiation being sucked into a Black Hole and the amount released would not contain any information. But, he was wrong, radiation does contain information, as it would violate the bases of Quantum mechanics. It appears that information from a Black Hole could be retrieved...." Christie takes another sip of water. She then holds up her right hand pressing her thumb and index finger together, leaving only a small gap visible between the two fingers. "...So, information may not completely be lost, but what we could retrieve, would only be a tiny amount. The rest would be transfixed onto the event horizon, sitting there until..."

"...It explodes?" The hosts asks, finishing Christie’s sentence.

"Yes, speculatively. Even then it would expel the information stored. But from what we do know, is that we know very little about Black Holes and its information paradox."

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"SATRAN KAEVON"  (A.Glass 2017)

Cover art work and Augmented Reality concept (A.Glass 2017/2023)