Thread: Holometer: is the universe a hologram?

A PopSci article I was reading a couple days ago explained one of the most mind-boggling ideas I've heard recently: the theory that the universe is actually a two-dimensional hologram. The theory goes that the universe is actually a plane with two spacial dimensions and a time dimension, and the intertwining of space and time creates a "hologram" effect that makes it appear to be 3D. In the article, they talked about an experiment that would try to test this theory: a "laser interferometer." It would work just like a regular interferometer: a laser beam would feed into a beam splitter and bounce off two perpendicular mirrors to sensors opposite them, to measure the amount of interference one laser gets (hence, interferometer). The device will try to tell if one beam differs from the other beam perpendicular to it. It would also have a second interferometer under it that would measure if there is a difference from height. How cool is that?!

if its true it will lend alot of weight towards the "extra dimensions being mere millimeters away from us" branch. i.e. M Theory, e.t.c.

Originally Posted by Gary Gibson Jr.

if its true it will lend alot of weight towards the "extra dimensions being mere millimeters away from us" branch. i.e. M Theory, e.t.c.

Definately. And if you think about it, the idea makes sense--the farther away you look, the farther back in time you're looking!

This subject also has another theory spin off, one that I am looking more into, though I am not so much in agreement with some aspects of this video, I do agree 100 % w the possibility that the perceiver is not within us.





PARTS 2-5 can easily be searched on YouTube