A simulation ‘proving’ that the universe (which includes the simulation) is a simulation.
It’s obvious that anybody who really is convinced of that is no longer a scientist, but a weak-minded jerk.
“That idea is not as wild as it sounds. For example, suppose there is a road 10 miles long, and its is “contained” by a start line and a finish line. Suppose the speed limit on this road is 60 mph, and I want to determine if a car has been speeding. One way I could do this is to watch a car the whole length of the road, measuring its speed the whole time. But another way is to simply measure when a car crosses the start line and finish line. At a speed of 60 mph, a car travels a mile a minute, so if the time between start and finish is less than 10 minutes, I know the car was speeding.”
Sorry, pseudo-scientist. Both ways are equivalent. In way 1, the speed is measured over shorter distances than in way 2, but both are the same thing.
You can make a simulation that backs up pretty much anything.
Holograms are all in our minds.
Matter is mostly empty space. There is an element of illusion to the world as we know it, visually. We see what we’re equipped to see. There is more to it than that, though. I can see why some would equate this with a hologram.
Whew. I was worried about that.
My people laugh at you silly hologram creatures imagining you are real.
“Universe is a hologram”
Somewhere a hindu or Buddhist is nodding in agreement.
“All is illusion”
Heh heh...my answer to all that is that the “self” part of me can’t negate the fact that there is a “self” part of me that doubts... even if “self” can doubt what the senses convey to the “self” part of me!
99.99999999% of an atom is empty space therefore matter is 99.99999999% empty space so matter is not really as it appears and feels to our senses. The idea of using the word hologram to visualize this is a good one. It is theorized that even the particles within an atom themselves are not solid matter.
When we touch matter we are not actually touching matter but feel force fields that make it seem to us we are touching solid matter. To visualize how this is possible take 2 magnets and try to touch the nort poles together and you will feel resistance before they actually touch.
Good article. The media is hyping this for their own selfish reasons. Gamma ray observations have all but ruled out a holographic universe.