An information paradox is a paradox about information. Such paradoxes include:
- Arrow's information paradox — the difficulty of selling information when describing the nature of the information to the buyer would, in itself, communicate the essential information.
- Black hole information paradox — information may be lost when a black hole evaporates but this would violate the principles of quantum mechanics.
Famous quotes containing the words information and/or paradox:
“We hear a great deal of lamentation these days about writers having all taken themselves to the colleges and universities where they live decorously instead of going out and getting firsthand information about life. The fact is that anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days.”
—Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964)
“The paradox of education is precisely this—that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.”
—James Baldwin (1924–1987)