A Thin Sheet of Reality: The Universe as a Hologram

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It really doesn't matter what kind of reality you think you're living in. One thing for sure you are witnessing the greatest magic show in our universe. The here-and-now 👁

The level of passive-aggressiveness among these physicists is ASTRONOMICAL

Suss-Kind has the name, looks and mind of a wizard. We are blessed with his lack of arrogance (and all these gentlemen) whilst attempting to connect vast fields of complex knowledge, then carefully stepping it down for us plebes to comprehend some semblance of it. These are early days in the scheme of things. Great marvels to come.

I was born with many difficulties in my life. Although I am not fully educated, I have a strong love for science and the universe. Thank you for bringing it to me. Love you

It's like video game characters tying to figure out the truth of their existence as video game characters but using video game physics to describe the computer they run on. It's impossible, which is why there is a conflict (unless of course the designer put the information there that describes it)

The question at the end, "Do you think we are just a projection...do you think we are actually real?" the problem is, a projection is just as real as anything else. It's just a matter of mechanics used to accomplish reality.

It's quite astounding how deeply ancient alchemical and Gnostic elements have become embedded in our most "cutting edge" science. The holographic nature of information was noted by many of the first alchemists. And indeed, almost the entire intro to this forum was steeped in ancient mysticism. Several times the speakers highlighted the importance of the Hegelian dialectic in physics, though they didn't call it that. It's a historical fact that Hegel was an alchemist, and one can draw almost exact parallels between alchemical principles and Hegel's dialectic. Even the idea of the "singularity" is a deeply Gnostic concept. There is a kind of Eschatological strain in technocratic elites today, from Elon Musk to Ray Kurzweil. I can't help but thinking that computer technology has revived a kind of new cybernetic school of alchemy that is just as mystical as it is rational. I'm wary of any elites that push Eschatological ideas, because these ideas always lead to the Eschaton... otherwise known as "the apocalypse". I think the archetype of the mad scientist should seriously be explored by more critical thinkers today before we let a group of high priests lead us into an unnecessary apocalypse. It's at least worth exploring, one would think.

"So, you're saying you guys are friends ?" - This is the moment when I realized this guy is a damn genius. Incredible and enjoyable presentation, thank you.

It's 3 in the morning on a Monday in July 2020 and I'm binging these science festivals. I think I have a condition. Perhaps... Science-philia.

The idea of the universe being described as bits at the plank level makes sense when you think about the books and digital media. You can have a billion digital books that fit on a disk the size of your hand. Apply that on a cosmic level and you can describe the universe using far less space to encode the information. Incredible...

Me before watching this video- "Oh this looks silly but I'm bored. I'll give it a listen.." Me after watching this video- "OMG THE UNIVERSE IS A HOLOGRAM!!!!"

This host is an absolute G. He kept this hilarious. Man if you're out there thanks for the entertainment factor.

We are infinite awareness having a human experience. There us no you or I. All experience from every matter in this universe will all revert back to one single consciousness.

I appreciate the effort you put into the video description this is all very professional and easy to follow.

So nice to see Professor Susskind, I wish my math teachers in high school were even a little like him.

WoW! Fascinating... and I didn't think I knew or understood anything about physics, but not only could I follow what was being said and suggested, but I even enjoyed exploring the ideas and agreed with things that prior to this, I'd never even heard of before! So what a brilliant moderator to keep it simple enough for even people like me to not only enjoy, but to be disappointed that it concluded as soon as it did ... just when it was becoming even more Fascinating! Thank you so very much ... even if it's probably very old theory by now.

As Gerard stated at 1:04, maybe information is lost to us as observers but ultimately is not lost because it branches off into another reality that we can not observe.

I love it when minds like this come together ...😍😍😍

It is absolutely fascinating to be hearing all this coming straight from the sources who worked directly on this theory!