Holographic Universe

inkaStepa · #1 by **inkaStepa** » Dec 12, 2011 1:54 am

I wasn't sure where to put this, but what do you guys think about this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87jTYfxv ... re=related

It's basically saying that everything we know is just electrical impluses...that we don't really know what is going on at any time. So, the world could be just a hologram. I'm not interested in their argument for woo that comes after that, just the first part- thanks!

matt8819 · #2 by **matt8819** » Dec 12, 2011 2:12 am

I tried to watch, but i got bored by the lame ass production values on that video. So, is the main argument that existence isn't real, or that nothing can exist outside of our own perception? Cause...yeah, no.

inkaStepa · #3 by **inkaStepa** » Dec 12, 2011 2:26 am

Neither...the first part explains their argument better I guess

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnvM_YAwX4I

twistor59 · #4 by **twistor59** » Dec 12, 2011 7:04 pm

The videos seem to be just bits of science videos that some has cobbled together in an incoherent manner. They don't really talk about the holographic principle studied by physics, they seem to wibble on more about consciousness, brain-in-a-vat etc.

cavarka9 · #5 by **cavarka9** » Dec 12, 2011 7:56 pm

different questions entirely. Similar sounding names

DavidMcC · #6 by **DavidMcC** » Mar 04, 2012 12:07 pm

The phrase "holographic universe" has inspired a great deal of woo about brains. It gives an entirely different meaning to the phrase from that conveyed by the proposed "holographic principle" in theoretical physics:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_principle

This is probably what cavarka9 was talking about.