It's like burning an encyclopaedia - information is not lost if you keep all the smoke and ashes, but it is difficult to read.... Listening to Stephen Hawking Reith Lecture will do that to you. Brilliant #physics #stephenhawking #blackholesfreakmeout Listening to Stephen Hawking Reith Lecture and he said ‘It’s like burning an encyclopaedia – information is not lost if you keep all the smoke and ashes, but it is difficult to read…. ‘ Utterly Brilliant – #physics #stephenhawking #blackholesfreakmeout