Thorne and Hawking argued that since general relativity made it impossible for black holes to radiate, and lose information, the mass-energy and information carried by Hawking radiation must be "new", and must not originate from inside the black hole event horizon.
Thorne dan Hawking berpendapat bahwa karena relativitas umum membuat lubang hitam mustahil membesar dan kehilangan informasi, energi massa dan informasi yang ada dalam radiasi
Since this contradicted the idea under quantum mechanics of microcausality, quantum mechanics would need to be rewritten.
Karena ini melawan dasar mekanika kuantum kausalitas mikro, mekanika kuantum harus ditulis ulang.
Preskill argued the opposite, that since quantum mechanics suggests that the information emitted by a black hole relates to information that fell in at an earlier time, the view of black holes given by general relativity must be modified in some way.
Preskill berpendapat sebaliknya; karena mekanika kuantum menduga informasi yang dikeluarkan lubang hitam berkaitan dengan informasi yang jatuh sebelumnya, pandangan tentang lubang hitam menurut relativitas umum harus diubah.
Comparing the useless information obtainable from a black hole to "burning an encyclopedia", Hawking later joked, "I gave John an encyclopedia of baseball, but maybe I should just have given him the ashes."
Sambil membandingkan informasi lubang hitam yang tak berguna dengan "membakar ensiklopedia", Hawking berkelakar, "Waktu itu aku berikan ensiklopedia bisbol kepada John.
Hawking had earlier speculated that the singularity at the centre of a black hole could form a bridge to a "baby universe", into which the lost information could pass; such theories have been very popular in science fiction.
Hawking sebelumnya berspekulasi bahwa singularitas di pusat lubang hitam dapat membentuk jembatan menuju "alam semesta kecil", dan informasi bisa terbang melewatinya; teori semacam ini justru populer di dunia fiksi ilmiah.
I have done a lot of work on black holes, and it would all be wasted if it turned out that black holes do not exist.
Aku sudah banyak melakukan penelitian tentang lubang hitam, dan semuanya akan sia-sia jika ternyata lubang hitam itu tidak ada.
But in that case, I would have the consolation of winning my bet, which would win me four years of the magazine Private Eye.
Namun kali ini aku akan mendapatkan hadiah jika menang taruhan, langganan majalah Private Eye selama empat tahun.
If black holes do exist, Kip will get one year of Penthouse.
Apabila lubang hitam itu ada, Kip akan mendapatkan langganan Penthouse selama satu tahun.
When we made the bet in 1975, we were 80% certain that Cygnus X-1 was a black hole.
Saat kami meresmikan taruhan ini pada tahun 1975, kami yakin 80% bahwa Cygnus X-1 merupakan lubang hitam.
In the updated and expanded edition of A Brief History of Time, Hawking states, "Although the situation with Cygnus X-1 has not changed much since we made the bet in 1975, there is now so much other observational evidence in favour of black holes that I have conceded the bet.
Dalam versi A Brief History of Time yang sudah diperbarui, Hawking menyatakan bahwa, "Meski persoalan Cygnus X-1 belum banyak berubah sejak kami bertaruh tahun 1975, saat ini sudah berlimpah bukti pengamatan yang membuktikan keberadaan lubang hitam sehingga aku pun harus mengaku kalah.
Hawking radiation Scientific wager
" Radiasi Hawking Taruhan ilmiah