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Simulations Back Up Theory That Universe Is a Hologram
ananyo writes "A team of physicists has provided some of the clearest evidence yet that our Universe could be just one big projection. In 1997, theoretical physicist Juan Maldacena proposed that an audacious model of the Universe in which gravity arises from infinitesimally thin, vibrating strings could be reinterpreted in terms of well-established physics. The mathematically intricate world of strings, which exist in nine dimensions of space plus one of time, would be merely a hologram: the real action would play out in a simpler, flatter cosmos where there is no gravity. Maldacena's idea thrilled physicists because it offered a way to put the popular but still unproven theory of strings on solid footing — and because it solved apparent inconsistencies between quantum physics and Einstein's theory of gravity. It provided physicists with a mathematical Rosetta stone, a 'duality', that allowed them to translate back and forth between the two languages, and solve problems in one model that seemed intractable in the other and vice versa. But although the validity of Maldacena's ideas has pretty much been taken for granted ever since, a rigorous proof has been elusive. In two papers posted on the arXiv repository, Yoshifumi Hyakutake of Ibaraki University in Japan and his colleagues now provide, if not an actual proof, at least compelling evidence that Maldacena's conjecture is true."
this would make boobs boring. don't believe it.
I have no idea what any of this stuff means, but I'm going to post it on my Facebook and claim that this is what I thought all along anyway.
who appear to us as mice
Then they will tell you it is recursive too.
But it happened long time ago and in a galaxy far away.
sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
Well I was wasting time reading it for fun but now I'm doing it out of gut-wrenching depression that I'm not doing anything worthwhile.
The hot grits are still real to me, dammit!
"Unheard of means only it's undreamed of yet,
Impossible means not yet done." ~~ Julia Ecklar
...2) I thought the standard models had eleven dimensions and not ten ...
Look, the standard model has these eleven- *CRASH* - Oy! I mean ten - TEN dimensions!
Dark Reflection
Why do you automatically assume that the game is someone else's? They've made some huge advances in context-suppression in the latest generation holosims - you almost totally believe that the simulation is the whole of your existence and can, among other things, truly experience the wonder and horror of being a corporeal human in the early 21st century (one of the most popular scenarios, just look at the in-game population!)
Oh, wait, I'm not supposed to discuss such things on the in-game forums. Forget I said anything.
--- Most topics have many sides worth arguing, allow me to take one opposite you.
Hey, maybe _your_ universe only has ten dimensions, but _my_ universe goes to eleven!
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"So you should major in subjects like English, philosophy, psychology, and sociology -- subjects in which nobody really understands what anybody else is talking about, and which involve virtually no actual facts. I attended classes in all these subjects, so I'll give you a quick overview of each:"
"PHILOSOPHY: Basically, this involves sitting in a room and deciding there is no such thing as reality and then going to lunch. You should major in philosophy if you plan to take a lot of drugs...."
http://users.soe.ucsc.edu/~martine/light/barrycollege.html
Unfortunately, some aspects of physics are starting to sound like Dave Barry's take on Philosophy..