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A holographic model solves a cosmological mystery (2017)
- peter_d_sherman 7y agoExcerpts: "The holographic principle in string theory is just such an example. In its broadest form, the holographic principle states that anything you can know about a particular volume of space can be learned by looking at the surface enclosing the volume. Just as a hologram can contain a three-dimensional image within a sheet of glass or plastic, the universe could contain its vast volume within a surface." [...] "If the holographic principle is true, then the universe can be viewed in two different ways: one of space and volume as we intuitively experience it, and one of a “surface” with one less dimension. This holographic duality is mathematically powerful because some laws of physics can be much easier to work with in one view than the other. Observation: Space, Time, and Change form a trinity of sorts; you need to have space to have change, you need change to have time -- otherwise we're all existing on a single dimensionless dot where there is no change, and thus time is meaningless... The idea of looking at a certain dimension of space (aka information, changing information) in N+1 or N-1 dimensions seems like it would have great merit, and potential applications...