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Gravity seems holographic. What does that mean for reality?

300 points · 234 comments · ibobev

  1. My_Name · · focus · HN ↗
    Hmmm. Just because you can take a 1D line of digits and combine them with another 1D line of digits to encode the information inside a 2D plane, that doesn't mean the 2D plane is a not a 2D plane, it just means you have a fancy encoder/decoder.

    That is the holographic principle in essence, although that has more dimensions, but just because it is possible to encode the information pertaining to the contents of a nD area onto an N-1D set of surface coordinates does not mean the contents of the area are the surface which is what is being claimed.

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