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    The question: is the universe a hologram? If so then the third dimension is an illusion and we live in a 2D fractal construct.

    Symmetry article....

    Hogan’s holometer: Testing the hypothesis of a holographic universe

    In 2008, Fermilab particle astrophysicist Craig Hogan made waves with a mind-boggling proposition: The 3D universe in which we appear to live is no more than a hologram.

    Now he is building the most precise clock of all time to directly measure whether our reality is an illusion.

    The idea that spacetime may not be entirely smooth – like a digital image that becomes increasingly pixelated as you zoom in – had been previously proposed by Stephen Hawking and others. Possible evidence for this model appeared last year in the unaccountable “noise” plaguing the GEO600 experiment in Germany, which searches for gravitational waves from black holes. To Hogan, the jitteriness suggested that the experiment had stumbled upon the lower limit of the spacetime pixels’ resolution.

    Black hole physics, in which space and time become compressed, provides a basis for math showing that the third dimension may not exist at all. In this two-dimensional cartoon of a universe, what we perceive as a third dimension would actually be a projection of time intertwined with depth. If this is true, the illusion can only be maintained until equipment becomes sensitive enough to find its limits.

    “You can’t perceive it because nothing ever travels faster than light,” says Hogan. “This holographic view is how the universe would look if you sat on a photon.”
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    Dr. Mordrid
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    An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

    I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

  • #2
    Now that is a fun theory.
    Literally "outside the box" thinking.
    Chuck
    秋音的爸爸

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    • #3
      Actually, rather inside the box. I first read about the basics several years ago and it's rather compelling. Next questions if it's true: are we Sims, and at some level are our Sims living "lives" like us? Also makes you wonder about that last scenes in the Men In Black flicks.
      Dr. Mordrid
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      An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

      I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Dr Mordrid View Post
        Actually, rather inside the box.
        It was supposed to be a physics joke.
        I guess I should have used a winky instead of thumbs up.

        Still, neato stuff.
        Chuck
        秋音的爸爸

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