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Why is the entropy of the universe so much lower than the Bekenstein-Hawking boundary entropy of the cosmic event horizon?

Physics Asked by Thorondor on August 9, 2020

Currently, the most upvoted answer to the question What is the entropy of the universe today? cites a 2010 paper by Egan and Lineweaver, which estimated the entropy of the observable universe at about $10^{104}$ bits. However, the Bekenstein-Hawking boundary entropy of the cosmic event horizon is much larger, about $10^{123}$ bits. Why is there such a large difference?

I understand that the event horizon of a black hole is not necessarily analogous to the event horizon of the universe, so if I am making an inappropriate comparison, I’d appreciate being corrected.

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