“You cannot tell from the final state – that’s the outcome of the evaporation – what the initial state was that formed the black holes.”
If the universe isn’t a closed system, this problem might go away. Perhaps the information wasn’t destroyed; it just went elsewhere.
“If the universe isn’t a closed system, this problem might go away. Perhaps the information wasn’t destroyed; it just went elsewhere.”
Matter can not be destroyed, it can be converted to energy. Energy can not be destroyed, it can be turned into matter.
The information exit out a white hole (big bang) to another universe. Our universe was created from a black hole in another universe pumping energy and matter into our universe.