Groundbreaking: First Observational Evidence That Our Universe Is A HOLOGRAM
According to
a new study, the universe we live in may be a ‘vast and complex hologram’.
Furthermore, our perception of life in 3D may only by an illusion. For the
first time ever, a team of physicists has provided some of the clearest
evidence yet that our Universe could be just one big ‘hologram’.
The
existence of a ‘holographic universe’ was first proposed in the 1990’s and
indicates that all information, which makes up our 3D ‘reality’ is in fact
contained in a 2D surface on its boundaries.
While the
idea of a holographic universe has existed for decades until NOW, this bizarre
theory has never been tested.
However,
recent mathematical models seem to suggest that the revolutionary and
controversial principle could be true.
The
researchers of the study came to this conclusion after investigating the
irregularities that were found the be present in the ‘afterglow’ of the Big
Bang.
Researchers
suggest that they have found substantial evidence which supports the existence
of a holographic universe. This finding will transform our knowledge of the
entire universe they add.
Scientist
from the university of Southampton, together with colleagues at the University
of Waterloo (Canada); of the Perimeter Institute (Canada); of the INFN, of
Lecce (Italy); and the University of Salento (Italy), believe there is as much
evidence for this theory as for traditional explanations for these
irregularities. Their study has been published the journal Physical Review
Letters.
Speaking
about the discovery, Professor Kostas Skenderis, of mathematical sciences at
the University of Southampton, said:
“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.”
Researchers
say that their theory can be compared to watching a movie in 3D.
Even though
the movie itself is not a ‘hologram’, as the pictures we see have height,
width, and depth, it all originates from a FLAT 2D screen.
Scientists
say there is one crucial difference: in our 3D universe, we can touch objects
and the ‘projection’ is ‘real’ from our perspective, he said.
As explained
by ScienceAlert, the entire idea is that the volume of space is ‘encoded’ on a boundary – or an observer-dependent gravitational horizon – which means it
requires one less dimension than it appears.
“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,” says one of the team, Kostas Skenderis from the University of Southampton in the UK.
“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.”
I’m
confused, are we living in a hologram?
Not quite.
In fact, researchers say they’re far from proving that our early Universe was
actually a holographic projection, but the fact that observational evidence
from the real world could explain missing parts of the laws of physics in two
dimensions means we can’t reasonably rule it out.
Niayesh
Afshordi explains that their model does not prove that we are all living in a
hologram since their model applies to the universe at its VERY early stages.
The question
of how things transitioned from two dimensions to three is now anyone’s guess.
“I would say you don’t live in a hologram, but you could have come out of a hologram,” Afshordi told Gizmodo. “[In 2017], there are definitely three dimensions.”
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