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:
“So while it is true that children are exposed to more information and a greater variety of experiences than were children of the past, it does not follow that they automatically become more sophisticated. We always know much more than we understand, and with the torrent of information to which young people are exposed, the gap between knowing and understanding, between experience and learning, has become even greater than it was in the past.”
—David Elkind (20th century)
“... it is the desert’s grimness, its stillness and isolation, that bring us back to love. Here we discover the paradox of the contemplative life, that the desert of solitude can be the school where we learn to love others.”
—Kathleen Norris (b. 1947)