symmetrymagazine.org— One of the biggest criticisms of string theory is that its predictions can’t be tested experimentally–a requirement for any solid scientific idea. That’s not true anymore.
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@burkayIt's really a great read.. There's another book I bought on a whim that I saw was similar to and mentioned the holographic theory.. but it wasn't as good. It was called The Field by Lynne McTaggart. It seems to focus more on the Zero Point field or something.. I didn't read it all yet. I got bored with it.I didn't want to be buried and dissuade any scientific minded people from reading The Holographic Universe because it along with The God Delusion and maybe Toes Tears and Other Things that Make Us Human are probably my favorite non-fiction books I've read, but I'd like to say a little more about the book. It kept me reading the whole time, it was really incredible. The theory takes time to explain it in laymen's terms, but it seems to make scientific sense. David Bohm, the originator of the theory, was quite a respected scientist. With that said, the book focuses not only on explaining the theory, but explaining how in the framework of the theory's proposed reality, that various paranormal phenomena could be explained. I used to be a big skeptic and any type of book trying to justify the paranormal I'd write off as "pseudoscience" or "New Age".. many people do that. I encourage people not to do that with this book, because the science really does make sense. The theory seems to have some evidence that our brains function as holographic interpreters, and the wave/particle duality of matter allows for the interference patterns to be believable as the basis of what forms reality.I had an experience which I can only call inexplicable by any other theories of reality. I can't blame skeptics, as I was one, but I had a dream which can only be described as remote viewing. I saw a situation play out, called the person I saw, and I knew the exact words of the conversation and had information I couldn't have guessed. Without explaining the details, this experience was incredibly powerful in making me believe there must be some scientific way to explain paranormal phenomena. I would enjoy the holographic theory without this experience, but the holographic theory is one of the only scientific theories that seems to really make sense to me. It elegantly ties the worlds of the very big and very small together, doesn't need string theory guesswork, and ends up being a possible explanation for something like what I experienced. If my mind is basically a holographic construct stored not in some part of my brain but throughout the whole, and I'm interacting with a reality that behaves like a hologram, where every part of the whole contains the whole in it, that allows for non-locality and also could be a convincing reason that people are able to have 'psychic' experiences.Like I said, I was guilty of writing off such experiences as "new age" and such. I can no longer do that, as I said, and the holographic theory doesn't need me to. The science matches up with the world I live in and have experienced, and that's a very satisfying feeling.
coldkill3rFeb 18, 2009
Over 9000?
datagodFeb 18, 2009
Buried for that stupid cat picture
rentmitchumFeb 18, 2009
@burkayIt's really a great read.. There's another book I bought on a whim that I saw was similar to and mentioned the holographic theory.. but it wasn't as good. It was called The Field by Lynne McTaggart. It seems to focus more on the Zero Point field or something.. I didn't read it all yet. I got bored with it.I didn't want to be buried and dissuade any scientific minded people from reading The Holographic Universe because it along with The God Delusion and maybe Toes Tears and Other Things that Make Us Human are probably my favorite non-fiction books I've read, but I'd like to say a little more about the book. It kept me reading the whole time, it was really incredible. The theory takes time to explain it in laymen's terms, but it seems to make scientific sense. David Bohm, the originator of the theory, was quite a respected scientist. With that said, the book focuses not only on explaining the theory, but explaining how in the framework of the theory's proposed reality, that various paranormal phenomena could be explained. I used to be a big skeptic and any type of book trying to justify the paranormal I'd write off as "pseudoscience" or "New Age".. many people do that. I encourage people not to do that with this book, because the science really does make sense. The theory seems to have some evidence that our brains function as holographic interpreters, and the wave/particle duality of matter allows for the interference patterns to be believable as the basis of what forms reality.I had an experience which I can only call inexplicable by any other theories of reality. I can't blame skeptics, as I was one, but I had a dream which can only be described as remote viewing. I saw a situation play out, called the person I saw, and I knew the exact words of the conversation and had information I couldn't have guessed. Without explaining the details, this experience was incredibly powerful in making me believe there must be some scientific way to explain paranormal phenomena. I would enjoy the holographic theory without this experience, but the holographic theory is one of the only scientific theories that seems to really make sense to me. It elegantly ties the worlds of the very big and very small together, doesn't need string theory guesswork, and ends up being a possible explanation for something like what I experienced. If my mind is basically a holographic construct stored not in some part of my brain but throughout the whole, and I'm interacting with a reality that behaves like a hologram, where every part of the whole contains the whole in it, that allows for non-locality and also could be a convincing reason that people are able to have 'psychic' experiences.Like I said, I was guilty of writing off such experiences as "new age" and such. I can no longer do that, as I said, and the holographic theory doesn't need me to. The science matches up with the world I live in and have experienced, and that's a very satisfying feeling.
prodigitalsonFeb 18, 2009
Yeah... maybe we are just science nerds.... :-)
2012Feb 18, 2009
CRUNCH!
cerialthrillerFeb 19, 2009
well this guy says he has a robust tool
sheethappensFeb 20, 2009
Yeah - apparently where YOUR head is, at least. Nice slick backed hairdo BTW. Pity about the smell, though....