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		orlp on July 16, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Potato paradox No. You won't have a potato anymore. But you won't have water anymore either. You'll have a black hole.

ajuc on July 16, 2015 [–]

Is potato-blackhole distinguishable from same mass water black-hole?

cbd1984 on July 16, 2015 | [–]

> Is potato-blackhole distinguishable from same mass water black-hole?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-hair_theorem

We don't know if black holes have hair, so the answer to your question is "We don't know".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole_information_paradox

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