I *think* I know what Sabine Hossenfelder is saying here. Kind of. Her critics seem to have a hard time grasping that math isn´t necessarily "reality". Just because "the math works" doesn´t mean that a scientific theory is real (in the robust everyday sense of that term).
About 20 years ago, a quantum physicist at a certain forum explained to me that there are four basic theories of Quantum Mechanics (one of them being his own). All four "work". Indeed, all four are compatible with known empirical observations. Yet, they can´t all be true, since they contradict each other!
I think this is known as "scientific theories are underdetermined by the evidence" in the philosophy of science (check it at your leisure). In this particular case, the only way to really prove or disprove the various solutions to the "black hole information problem" is to make observations over an enormously vast time-span...or find a mini-black hole in your backyard (perhaps with superstrings attached). None of which is likely to happen any time soon!
Oh, and Sabine´s thumbnails are muh bad or sumethin´ cuz Electric Universe or sumethin´. LOL!
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