Teh One Who Knocks
04-28-2015, 11:37 AM
Rob Waugh for Metro.co.uk
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Keanu Reeves would have one word for the news that our entire universe could be Matrix-esque Hologram.
‘Woah’.
Scientists have done the maths, and worked out that our universe could in fact be a two-dimensional hologram rather than a 3D space.
Juan Maldacena suggested the idea in 1997, after noticing that many equations we use to understand the universe would work in 2D.
Now scientists at Vienna Technology University have spent three years trying to tie observations from theories of gravity and quantum theory together.
They now believe they have the tools to test the hypothesis once and for all.
‘This calculation affirms our assumption that the holographic principle can also be realised in flat spaces. It is evidence for the validity of this correspondence in our universe,’ said researcher Max Riegler.
Daniel Grumiller said, ‘The fact that we can even talk about quantum information and entropy of entanglement in a theory of gravity is astounding in itself, and would hardly have been imaginable only a few years back. That we are now able to use this as a tool to test the validity of the holographic principle, and that this test works out, is quite remarkable.’
What this all means for our everyday lives is a bit more puzzling.
Keep on doing what you were doing, would be our advice.
http://i.imgur.com/MdUGrZN.jpg
Keanu Reeves would have one word for the news that our entire universe could be Matrix-esque Hologram.
‘Woah’.
Scientists have done the maths, and worked out that our universe could in fact be a two-dimensional hologram rather than a 3D space.
Juan Maldacena suggested the idea in 1997, after noticing that many equations we use to understand the universe would work in 2D.
Now scientists at Vienna Technology University have spent three years trying to tie observations from theories of gravity and quantum theory together.
They now believe they have the tools to test the hypothesis once and for all.
‘This calculation affirms our assumption that the holographic principle can also be realised in flat spaces. It is evidence for the validity of this correspondence in our universe,’ said researcher Max Riegler.
Daniel Grumiller said, ‘The fact that we can even talk about quantum information and entropy of entanglement in a theory of gravity is astounding in itself, and would hardly have been imaginable only a few years back. That we are now able to use this as a tool to test the validity of the holographic principle, and that this test works out, is quite remarkable.’
What this all means for our everyday lives is a bit more puzzling.
Keep on doing what you were doing, would be our advice.