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1. bawolff · 1790399963 · focus · HN ↗

   I feel like this article spends a lot of time on metaphysical speculation (what is "real"). However what i am left wondering is what exactly would the consequences be if this theory was true (for those of us living in a holographic universe).

   1. kingkawn · 1790400715 · focus · HN ↗

      Given that it’s always been true if true, then the implications are that things are as they’ve always been.

      1. aaronbrethorst · 1790402440 · focus · HN ↗

         I think the point of the person you're responding to is what are the practical consequences for future scientific and technological leaps if this is accurate. Does that make FTL travel possible? Does it predict an outcome for the fate of the universe? etc.

         1. bawolff · 1790406916 · focus · HN ↗

            i dont even mean big things like that. I'm more wondering, is there any experiment you could in theory do that would differentiate between the two cases? what does it affect? anything?

            1. kingkawn · 1790444983 · focus · HN ↗

               for most problems and perspectives it’s an irrelevant distinction

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