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In New Paradox, Black Holes Appear to Evade Heat Death
Puzzling behavior of black hole interiors leads researchers to propose new physical law: the second law of quantum complexity.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/in-new-paradox-black-holes-appear-to-evade-heat-death-20230606/

@gmusser

This is very well-written article about modern theoretical physics musings over the implications of the heat death of the universe (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_death_of_the_universe) - notably those of Leonard Susskind (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Susskind). Approximately a 20-30' (careful) read.
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In New Paradox, Black Holes Appear to Evade Heat Death | Quanta Magazine

The puzzling behavior of black hole interiors has led researchers to propose a new physical law: the second law of quantum complexity.

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jun 18, 2023

" But lately physicists have been thinking that a supposedly heat-dead universe is a lot more interesting than it looks. Their story starts with a question about black holes ... The work is fascinating for the way it brings together multiple areas of science, not just black holes but also quantum chaos, topological phases of matter, cryptography, quantum computers, and the possibility of even more powerful machines."

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jun 18, 2023

The article ends with "The 5 Stages of Quantum Systems" (i.e. matter)
1. initialization; 2. normalization; 3. complexification; 4. complexity equilibrium; 5. recurrence

If you are interested in any of the following hashtags (more-or-less as they temporally appear in the article), then the article is likely to be of interest, as most of those intersect (as described).

#HeatDeath #equilibrium #LeonardSusskind #BlackHoles #chaos #QuantumTheory #QuantumChaos #topology #TopologicalPhases

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Woodswalked Jun 18, 2023

@persagen

Usually, the more I know of a field, the science journalism feels like a deliberate example of getting it wrong. Stupid to the point of outright lies contradicting the scientists involved.

I don’t know this field, but what refreshing writing! My layperson mind is fully engaged and enjoying every word. This is great!

cc: @gmusser