Our world might be a giant hologram

Tecnos · 03-28-2009, 04:00 PM

Our world may be a giant hologram

* 15 January 2009 by Marcus Chown

New Scientist Article......

DRIVING through the countryside south of Hanover, it would be easy to miss the GEO600 experiment. From the outside, it doesn't look much: in the corner of a field stands an assortment of boxy temporary buildings, from which two long trenches emerge, at a right angle to each other, covered with corrugated iron. Underneath the metal sheets, however, lies a detector that stretches for 600 metres.

For the past seven years, this German set-up has been looking for gravitational waves - ripples in space-time thrown off by super-dense astronomical objects such as neutron stars and black holes. GEO600 has not detected any gravitational waves so far, but it might inadvertently have made the most important discovery in physics for half a century.

For many months, the GEO600 team-members had been scratching their heads over inexplicable noise that is plaguing their giant detector. Then, out of the blue, a researcher approached them with an explanation. In fact, he had even predicted the noise before he knew they were detecting it. According to Craig Hogan, a physicist at the Fermilab particle physics lab in Batavia, Illinois, GEO600 has stumbled upon the fundamental limit of space-time - the point where space-time stops behaving like the smooth continuum Einstein described and instead dissolves into "grains", just as a newspaper photograph dissolves into dots as you zoom in. "It looks like GEO600 is being buffeted by the microscopic quantum convulsions of space-time," says Hogan.

The Article gets interesting from this point on!

kidflash2008 · 03-29-2009, 09:27 AM

It is either a profound theory, or some of those physicists have been getting into Granny's wacky weed.

It is a mind boggling read, and basically states nothing is real.

I should use that excuse for next month's rent.

Monkey · 03-29-2009, 12:18 PM

well, if you stand back and look, it is kind of surreal. Scientists have put a picture in our head of these little 'ball' looking things called atoms and molecules that are held together by an invisible gravity like electric field to form complex matter. Kind of like the universe, little balls floating magically around other balls. I suppose if you could shrink to the micro-verse it could look like a big hologram due to the gaps in between. But what is projecting the image? Resonance from an alternate dimension where particles randomly disappear to thru quantum black holes to exist elsewhere as well as here at the same time. It could be an infinite loop, considering our entire universe is little balls being held together by some force we call gravity. We have big black holes too that matter disappears into unexplicably.

drugs are bad mmkay.

Tecnos · 03-29-2009, 01:59 PM

*Deleted in the name of equitability*

Wacky weed indeed!

"Drugs are bad".... etc etc etc....

Without a shadow of a doubt, I'm sure (absofuckinglutely positive) that CERN, and the Western European scientists pour money into stoners and their hypotheses!!!!!

AND THEN.......

Publish them in "New Scientist"!!!!!

No, I agree...... they should publish their findings in the f*cking Beano!

Tecnos · 03-29-2009, 02:17 PM

*deleted*

I was squiffy last night and in a bad mood....

Tecnos · 03-29-2009, 02:20 PM

Erm....

how do I delete my account?

punyhuman · 03-29-2009, 06:00 PM

See what happens when you read a piece about the big joke? 'Monty pythons deadly joke skit). You can look at it anyway that suits you. Some say all we are is light frozen in time. Who knows, maybe we are the alternate universe! So then if real existence is infinite space in between matter, then self aware free thought and life must be a gift? Or maybe its not a gift, maybe its matter evolving into life and being aware of itself.

punyhuman · 03-29-2009, 06:08 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I3zCQzZx68

Mingus · 03-29-2009, 07:24 PM

A fascinating read. It would kind of make sense that the material inside the universe is larger than the material outlining it due to the remarkable speed at which the universe seems to be expanding. Now I'm too intrigued to think about just one thing at a time.

Terminator · 03-30-2009, 01:24 AM

Hi Tecnos, I didn't get very far with the very interesting links you added. Is there any chance of re-posting the links???? Thanks.

03-28-2009, 04:00 PM	#1
Tecnos Investigator Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: UK Posts: 419	Our world might be a giant hologram Our world may be a giant hologram * 15 January 2009 by Marcus Chown New Scientist Article...... DRIVING through the countryside south of Hanover, it would be easy to miss the GEO600 experiment. From the outside, it doesn't look much: in the corner of a field stands an assortment of boxy temporary buildings, from which two long trenches emerge, at a right angle to each other, covered with corrugated iron. Underneath the metal sheets, however, lies a detector that stretches for 600 metres. For the past seven years, this German set-up has been looking for gravitational waves - ripples in space-time thrown off by super-dense astronomical objects such as neutron stars and black holes. GEO600 has not detected any gravitational waves so far, but it might inadvertently have made the most important discovery in physics for half a century. For many months, the GEO600 team-members had been scratching their heads over inexplicable noise that is plaguing their giant detector. Then, out of the blue, a researcher approached them with an explanation. In fact, he had even predicted the noise before he knew they were detecting it. According to Craig Hogan, a physicist at the Fermilab particle physics lab in Batavia, Illinois, GEO600 has stumbled upon the fundamental limit of space-time - the point where space-time stops behaving like the smooth continuum Einstein described and instead dissolves into "grains", just as a newspaper photograph dissolves into dots as you zoom in. "It looks like GEO600 is being buffeted by the microscopic quantum convulsions of space-time," says Hogan. The Article gets interesting from this point on! __________________

03-29-2009, 09:27 AM	#2
kidflash2008 Senior Investigator Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,699	It is either a profound theory, or some of those physicists have been getting into Granny's wacky weed. It is a mind boggling read, and basically states nothing is real. I should use that excuse for next month's rent. Last edited by kidflash2008; 03-29-2009 at 09:28 AM. Reason: added

03-29-2009, 12:18 PM	#3
Monkey Junior Investigator Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: currently on Earth, in CT Posts: 56	wake up neo well, if you stand back and look, it is kind of surreal. Scientists have put a picture in our head of these little 'ball' looking things called atoms and molecules that are held together by an invisible gravity like electric field to form complex matter. Kind of like the universe, little balls floating magically around other balls. I suppose if you could shrink to the micro-verse it could look like a big hologram due to the gaps in between. But what is projecting the image? Resonance from an alternate dimension where particles randomly disappear to thru quantum black holes to exist elsewhere as well as here at the same time. It could be an infinite loop, considering our entire universe is little balls being held together by some force we call gravity. We have big black holes too that matter disappears into unexplicably. drugs are bad mmkay.

03-29-2009, 01:59 PM	#4
Tecnos Investigator Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: UK Posts: 419	Deleted in the name of equitability Wacky weed indeed! "Drugs are bad".... etc etc etc.... Without a shadow of a doubt, I'm sure (absofuckinglutely positive) that CERN, and the Western European scientists pour money into stoners and their hypotheses!!!!! AND THEN....... Publish them in "New Scientist"!!!!! No, I agree...... they should publish their findings in the fcking Beano! __________________ Last edited by Tecnos; 03-29-2009 at 11:07 PM.*

03-29-2009, 02:17 PM	#5
Tecnos Investigator Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: UK Posts: 419	deleted I was squiffy last night and in a bad mood.... __________________ Last edited by Tecnos; 03-29-2009 at 11:08 PM.

03-29-2009, 02:20 PM	#6
Tecnos Investigator Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: UK Posts: 419	Erm.... how do I delete my account? __________________

03-29-2009, 06:00 PM	#7
punyhuman Junior Investigator Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 28	See what happens when you read a piece about the big joke? 'Monty pythons deadly joke skit). You can look at it anyway that suits you. Some say all we are is light frozen in time. Who knows, maybe we are the alternate universe! So then if real existence is infinite space in between matter, then self aware free thought and life must be a gift? Or maybe its not a gift, maybe its matter evolving into life and being aware of itself.

03-29-2009, 06:08 PM	#8
punyhuman Junior Investigator Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 28	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I3zCQzZx68

03-29-2009, 07:24 PM	#9
Mingus Investigator Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 325	A fascinating read. It would kind of make sense that the material inside the universe is larger than the material outlining it due to the remarkable speed at which the universe seems to be expanding. Now I'm too intrigued to think about just one thing at a time.

03-30-2009, 01:24 AM	#10
Terminator Investigator Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 110	Hi Tecnos, I didn't get very far with the very interesting links you added. Is there any chance of re-posting the links???? Thanks.

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