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A UK, Canadian and Italian study has provided what researchers believe is the first observational evidence that our universe could be a vast and complex hologram.
Theoretical physicists and astrophysicists, investigating irregularities in the cosmic microwave background (the 'afterglow' of the Big Bang), have found there is substantial evidence supporting a holographic explanation of the universe -- in fact, as much as there is for the traditional explanation of these irregularities using the theory of cosmic inflation.
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A holographic universe, an idea first suggested in the 1990s, is one where all the information, which makes up our 3D 'reality' (plus time) is contained in a 2D surface on its boundaries.Professor Kostas Skenderis of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Southampton explains: "Imagine that everything you see, feel and hear in three dimensions (and your perception of time) in fact emanates from a flat two-dimensional field. The idea is similar to that of ordinary holograms where a three-dimensional image is encoded in a two-dimensional surface, such as in the hologram on a credit card. However, this time, the entire universe is encoded!"
So there is a reason you feel like you're living in the Matrix.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 31 2017, @05:59AM
Economists made ass of themselves pretending economics is like physics. Physicists hit a wall and got stuck for 30 years with this string "theories", and are now making ass of themselves with nonsense like multiverse, anthropogenic principles, and this holographic nonsense.
And they wonder why there are so many grad students/phds with no employment prospect.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 31 2017, @07:24AM
Surely, people should stop doing science so some anonymous shape on teh internetz won't call 'em ass. What made it possible again?
(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday January 31 2017, @10:37AM
Economists made ass of themselves pretending economics is like physics.
That's quite the non-problem you have there! I think you should also tell off all those donkeys and marmots who think they are physicists too! We can't have that. And you are well-situated think-wise to address these related, important issues.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 31 2017, @11:39PM
And they wonder why there are so many grad students/phds with no employment prospect.
And I wonder what possible connection you see between theory and employment? Are you a Curmudgeon?