I recently read this article on a theory that the universe may be put together like a hologram, and a theory that the human mind may also store data holographic-ally:
http://gothling.tripod.com/holograph.html
This stuff is new to me but might be old hat to you and maybe some of the members here. According to the article the holographic mind theory has been around since Pibram in the 60’s which would be plenty early enough for it to be known to the writers who contributed to New Worlds. The Holographic Universe theory is a speculation by physicist David Bohm, based on a particle experiment by Alain Aspect in 1982. The cosmos as a massive illusion (maya) is a concept which goes back to the ancient Vedas of India, but apart from quantum mechanics in general, until Aspects experiment, there was never anything solid (or should that be un-solid) within physics to really support it.
Seemed quite an interesting article and in reading it I was reminded in a couple of places of the Multiverse. I wondered you were aware of it and if it played any influence on your thoughts as you were refining your concept of the Multiverse, and if not, whether there might be any speculations there which might interest you?
Have any other Miscellany members heard of this? Apparently Aspect’s experiment only ever appeared in science journals at the time.
http://gothling.tripod.com/holograph.html
This stuff is new to me but might be old hat to you and maybe some of the members here. According to the article the holographic mind theory has been around since Pibram in the 60’s which would be plenty early enough for it to be known to the writers who contributed to New Worlds. The Holographic Universe theory is a speculation by physicist David Bohm, based on a particle experiment by Alain Aspect in 1982. The cosmos as a massive illusion (maya) is a concept which goes back to the ancient Vedas of India, but apart from quantum mechanics in general, until Aspects experiment, there was never anything solid (or should that be un-solid) within physics to really support it.
Seemed quite an interesting article and in reading it I was reminded in a couple of places of the Multiverse. I wondered you were aware of it and if it played any influence on your thoughts as you were refining your concept of the Multiverse, and if not, whether there might be any speculations there which might interest you?
Have any other Miscellany members heard of this? Apparently Aspect’s experiment only ever appeared in science journals at the time.
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