If a friend told you that we were all living in a giant hologram, you’d probably tell him to lay off the kush. But incredibly, physicists across the world are thinking the same thing: That what we perceive to be a three-dimensional universe might just be the image of a two-dimensional one, projected across a massive cosmic horizon.

Yes, it sounds more than a little insane. The 3D nature of our world is as fundamental to our sense of reality as the fact that time runs forward. And yet some researchers believe that contradictions between Einstein’s theory of relativity and quantum mechanics might be reconciled if every three-dimensional object we know and cherish is a projection of tiny, subatomic bytes of information stored in a two-dimensional Flatland.

“If this is true, it’s a really important insight,” Daniel Grumiller, a theoretical physicist at the Vienna University of Technology, told me over the phone. Grumiller, along with physicists Max Riegler, Arjun Bagchi and Rudranil Basu, recently published the very first study offering evidence that the so-called “holographic principle”—that certain 3D spaces can be mathematically reduced to 2D projections—might describe our universe.


“If you asked anyone twenty years ago how many dimensions our world has, most of us would answer 'three spatial dimensions plus time,'" he said. "The holographic principle would mean that this is actually a matter of perspective.”

The holographic principle was first postulated over 20 years ago as a possible solution to Stephen Hawking’s famous “information paradox.” (The paradox is essentially that black holes appear to swallow information, which, according to quantum theory, is impossible.) But while the principle was never mathematically formalized for black holes, theoretical physicist Juan Maldacena demonstrated several years later that holography did indeed hold for a theoretical type of space called anti-de Sitter space. Unlike the space in our universe, which is relatively flat on cosmic scales, anti-de Sitter space as described by mathematicians curves inward like a saddle.


“Anti-de Sitter space is not directly relevant to our universe, but it allows us to perform calculations that would otherwise be very difficult if not impossible,” Grumiller said.

Within this theoretical space, Maldacena showed that two sets of physical equations mapped perfectly onto each other: The equations of gravitational theory, and those of quantum field theory. This correspondence was totally unexpected, because while gravity is described in three spatial dimensions, quantum field theory requires only two. That the laws of physics produced identical results two or three dimensions pointed to anti-de Sitter-space’s holographic nature.
“This was the first instance where somebody explicitly showed how holography works,” Grumiller told me. “But given that our universe is not anti-de Sitter space—it’s approximately flat at large scales—it’s interesting to ask whether the holographic principle applies to flat space, as well.”



http://motherboard.vice.com/read/there-is-growing-evidence-that-our-universe-is-a-giant-hologram?utm_source=vicefbus

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Just to further update everyone.
XMLgold did send a payment confirmation screenshot. From the look it is an original.
I am awaiting for payment to clear and if/when payment clears, I will update everyone. Im not here to ruin reputations but I honestly was worried of being scammed as this was the first time I dealt with XMLgold.eu
I have not taken any action yet and I will wait for payment to clear.

I will update this thread.

Just got home I will send 1.09235 BTC to amazon4u's BTC addy (  1CuSL6sTWYNqDfSq1nYUAT8pLBHEnLpFB5  )


sent

https://blockchain.info/address/1CuSL6sTWYNqDfSq1nYUAT8pLBHEnLpFB5


tx id

https://blockchain.info/tx/76a2c822cbd23b1659731c757a699bce8a81f8b04606cdd947c7be54e469b4bb

this is a done deal.  thanks to both of you.

is this something like circle? from the look of the site it seems so, but they have paypal as a mentioned system, could be cool if they offer something against the chargeback of paypal

they are already ready, the bank is there(they are an exchange), they just need a licence to be regulated in new york, which is apparently coming in two weeks

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/20179/itbit-files-banking-license-new-york/

do you give gift cards too and do you add tax on it?

Positive experience. Positive trust left as feedback.

 

phillipma1957 can release escrow funds to amazon4u.

Do you still offer this service Amazon4u?

I need a (digital) code - a digital gift card worth $10. Can we work something out? Please contact me if that is the case.

i pm you

OK, what about me?

Item is still in my Wish List. Please order it, as funds are in escrow...

I haven't heard back from you yet on my last pm asking if you were going to complete my last order?

Do you have amazon gift card available and what is amount you have

what is minimum amount ?

I still have  the escrow funds on this deal intact and not touched.   I am waiting for  a final outcome on it.

U were travelling and did not give me add or instructions so i was waiting for your reply. And now i see this reply That it does not apply to me. Sob sob.

Hello Amazon4u,

Sent you a pm about the order I'm still waiting on from a couple weeks ago. Looking for an update.

thanks

Hi I'm planning to buy a used laptop in amazon, Do you ship in the philippines?

will you still honor those who have placed order before the reduction to 15% ?

i placed an order before the reduction & hope you can process it

TIA