A Holographic Universe?

Astrophysicists claim universe is an illusion and we are all living in a ‘vast and complex hologram’.

16:46 31 January 2017

Astrophysicists, who have been investigating irregularities in the cosmic microwave background, have concluded that we could be all living in The Matrix and that our world is nothing but a “vast and complex hologram”. Claiming to hold a substantial evidence to support the idea of a holographic universe, they say our 3D word may be just an illusion.

 

Professor Kostas Skenderis, of mathematical sciences at the University of Southampton, said: “Imagine that everything you see, feel and hear in three dimensions -and your perception of time - in fact emanates from a flat two-dimensional field.

 

“The idea is similar to that of ordinary holograms where a three-dimensional image is encoded in a two-dimensional surface, such as in the hologram on a credit card. However, this time, the entire universe is encoded.”

 

“Holography is a huge leap forward in the way we think about the structure and creation of the universe.

 

“Einstein’s theory of general relativity explains almost everything large scale in the universe very well, but starts to unravel when examining its origins and mechanisms at quantum level.

 

“Scientists have been working for decades to combine Einstein’s theory of gravity and quantum theory.

 

“Some believe the concept of a holographic universe has the potential to reconcile the two. I hope our research takes us another step towards this.”