Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Information Loss : Blackholes and Brahman

Blackholes and wormholes are two of the most fascinating and most paradoxical objects that modern physics has discovered. Among other things, blackholes hint at the possibility of information loss, which is very difficult for most physicists to accept. In simple words, anything that goes inside a blackhole looses its identity and becomes part of a bigger reality. Wait! Does this not sound very familiar to the concept of Brahman in Indian philosophy? On deeper analysis, it turns out that there are striking similarities between blackholes and Brahman: