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kadobanyesterday at 11:00 PM1 replyview on HN

> The problems start once you consider quantum mechanics, because any such singularity will break unitarity (a fancy way of saying that probabilities must add up to 1), which means your theory as a whole can no longer make predictions.

How is this any different than classical? Isn't it still just an ~impossibility hidden behind an event horizon in either model?


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flavensteinyesterday at 11:48 PM

With our current understanding, baryon and lepton number are not conserved as a black hole radiates. I think this is a better demonstration of the incompatibility with classical and quantum mechanics.