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Are We All Holograms? Life in a 2-D Universe

By Stephen P. Bianchini

What if tomorrow somebody tells you that the universe as we knew it was just an illusion and is actually a hologram? Get ready for it: this might not be sci-fi. We could all be in 2D, after all! Weird, isn’ it?

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An ongoing experiment at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory – the so-called Holometer – has now begun collecting data that will answer questions about the very fabric of the universe, including whether or not we live in a 2-D reality – that is, a hologram.  More precisely, if space-time itself is a quantum system – exactly just like matter – then it can be analysed down to its smallest units. As a result, its 2D “pixels” of information could demonstrate the same uncertainty of matter’s quantum building blocks, which, according to Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, can’t be measured for their exact location and speed at the same time.

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“The basic idea is to measure directly whether the fabric of space and time itself shares some of the same quantum uncertainty that we know exists in wave/particles like atoms and photons. Maybe all of reality has a limited amount of streaming information.”  (Craig Hogan, Director of the Fermilab Center).

Maybe this is less unbelievable than it sounds. The idea itself of a reality manufactured by our brain is an ancient one, already present in Tibetan Buddhism.  Since the 20th century, quantum physics has started providing a scientific foundation and a few books have been written on the concept of a Holographic Universe. But now scientists are trying to prove it at an experimental level.

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“We want to find out whether space-time is a quantum system just like matter is,If we see something, it will completely change ideas about space we’ve used for thousands of years.  If we find a noise we can’t get rid of, we might be detecting something fundamental about nature—a noise that is intrinsic to space-time. It’s an exciting moment for physics. A positive result will open a whole new avenue of questioning about how space works.” (Fermilab Press Release, 26 August 2014)

Photo Credit: Fermilab
September 1, 2014By Stephen P. Bianchini

About the author

Stephen P. Bianchini is a statistician and a social scientist working in higher education. Based in rainy UK. Passionate about astrophysics, space security, SF and technical diving. Blog: http://earthianhivemind.net/ Twitter: @SPBianchini

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  • jamie nicholl-shelley

    well it would certainly explain things. 2d folded is 3D after all.

  • augusto pelaez

    all my life i have thought that this universe is a 3d i cant understand universe in 2d

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