A shadow universe in which our bodies exist in a compressed two-dimensional form. This could mean we live in a hologram. Is this scary or what? What's your opinion on this matter?
2006-07-15 15:10:39 · 10 answers · asked by ZORRO 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Every time I post a serious question that requires some thinking, people think I smoke or take drugs. I don't do drugs, I don't smoke pot and/or regular cigarettes, I don't drink alcohol, I'm 100% all natural guy!
Make a note of that.
2006-07-15 15:29:02 · update #1
Read The Holographic Universe by Michael Talbot from HarperPerennial. Also, read Parallel Worlds by Michio Kaku and Flatland by Abbot Stewart. These are all non-fiction.
And yes, I believe in the Holographic Theory of the Universe. It answers all questions that physics puts forth. And no, its not scary but a beautiful hypothesis that explains so many things.
Good luck!
2006-07-15 15:21:35 · answer #1 · answered by Derek W 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's a good question and no, I don't think you're spaced out. A hologram is a two-dimensional object that gives you a three-dimensional image, like our 3-D universe. The idea you put forward originated from the discovery that the amount of information that can be stored in a solid object depends on its surface area (2 dimensional) not its volume (3 dimensional). My opinion? It sounds reasonable. I believe it. But I don't claim to be able to do much more than quote others. My physics expertise consists of a pass degree in physics and reading science magazines.
2006-07-15 19:42:07 · answer #2 · answered by zee_prime 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i, for one, think you're serious (unlike some of the other ignorant answerers on these pages phishing for their 2 pts). Anyway, i'm not quite sure what a shadow universe is, but as to the holographic universe, i read a science FACT article once in WIRED magazine that said that some physicists buy into the fact that our universe may just be one big illusion/hologram sticking on some other "greater" being's wall in a "greater" universe. They said that all our physical laws and quantities have already been "pre-programmed" into this hologram, and that's why you have constants like the speed of light at 186,000 miles per second that can't be altered, which seems like it's an unbreakable and pre-programmed variable into our universe. This doesn't make it scary to me, however, because i'd like to think that this "greater" being is God (which, in this case, makes Him seem like the ultimate computer programmer of OUR sim reality--existing in His computer). Very interesting, huh?
2006-07-15 17:20:18 · answer #3 · answered by keith19711 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't thind that our universe is a hologram, because a hologram needs something to project it, and to be projected on. If the universe is everything (and therefore the "universe") nothing can exist outside of it.
Instead, I believe the universe is the simultanious act of being and of awareness of being. It exands continually and expodentially on 4 dimensions (height, width, depth and time) until it reaches full awareness of itself and then will collapse.
The scary part is to consider that all we know of the universe is what we can preceive and process in our minds, and our minds are far from perfect - can be tricked all the time. How do we know we know the things we think we know? We are, after all, using an imperfect unit of measure.
2006-07-15 15:20:05 · answer #4 · answered by procinktoo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A shadow universe, no. At least one alternate universe, yes. This is easily explained by anti-matter. Every single positive has a negative, although it does not exist naturally in our universe. And the converse is true. So no, but there is at least a negative universe.
2006-07-15 15:14:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you need to put down that crack pipe in your hand and go to rehab. Seriously though you never know these days. I wouldnt really care because if there is a "shadow universe" and we do in fact live in a hologram then I know I am having a damn good time EVERY SINGLE DAY in this mother ******* hologram.
2006-07-15 15:13:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
And people like you ridicule me for being a Christian. I believe in God, a Creator. You believe in a 'holographic projection Universe'? Good luck with that.
2016-03-27 06:59:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard of the holographic universe theory befor. I do think there are aspects of the universe that aren't readily observable to us and we most certainly don't see it "all it's glory" so to speak.
The holographic universe is an interesting thought, and while I think there may be some trruth to it, I wouldn't go as far as to support it above all other theories.
2006-07-15 18:59:13 · answer #8 · answered by minuteblue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My opinion is that you have been reading to much science fiction. Hey have you ever tried Roger Zelazny? you would like Amber.
2006-07-15 15:13:58 · answer #9 · answered by InnerCircle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drugs are a terrible, terrible thing!!!
2006-07-15 15:13:57 · answer #10 · answered by wenwyn2000 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋