- What, if anything, would change if we confirmed this?
e.g. I still have a mortgage, I still want my kids in school, etc.
- We manifested ourselves into a dream world, forgot we did it, and eventually got advanced enough to re-discover it. Inception!
- Who created the hologram? How? Where/when does it exist?
- Are our concepts of physics real or manifested?
Interestingly enough, if anyone has ever looked into remote viewing, namely the US-funded, 10-year long program in the 1970s[1] it may be of interest to note that one of the fundamental tenants of remote-viewing is that the universe is a hologram and that "any part contains the whole" which is what, they claim, makes remote viewing possible.
Another interesting thing I like to think about is how would one go about proving this to somebody?
If someone stood infront of you and flew around, walked through a wall or made a basketball appear out of thing air, I think most of us would go to 100 other explanations, including "oh god, ghost-basketball!", before settling on that our entire existence is a hologram.
Not to mention a large subset of humanity that would just categorically reject it, no matter what you showed them.
I'm open to most any explanation; I need proof, but I'm certainly open to it. I accept that there is always something new to learn. Every time I hear someone talk in terms of limits (to science, humanity, technology... anything) I begin to tune them out.
If the last 100 years has taught me anything, it is that there seems to be as much to be discovered as there is hunger out there to discover it.
THAT makes me wonder at times if elements of our existence are (sub) conscious creations, because the discoveries never seem to stop.
If you enjoy topics like this, I'd strongly encourage you read the entire Wired article "Faster"[2]. It is a wonderfully inspiring story of what is possible when you refuse to accept the limitations (physical and mental) put on you by the people around you.
Sometimes there are hard limits though. People think that because our knowledge of the world has holes in it, that therefore everything we know is suspect. WRONG! There are some topics that we understand very, very well.
I'm currently reading Philip K. Dick's Valis which (forgive me for my ignorance) seems to be largely based on some of his own theological thoughts. I find it interesting that in it he suggests such a idea, that the universe, or space and time are a hologram.
- What, if anything, would change if we confirmed this? e.g. I still have a mortgage, I still want my kids in school, etc.
- We manifested ourselves into a dream world, forgot we did it, and eventually got advanced enough to re-discover it. Inception!
- Who created the hologram? How? Where/when does it exist?
- Are our concepts of physics real or manifested?
Interestingly enough, if anyone has ever looked into remote viewing, namely the US-funded, 10-year long program in the 1970s[1] it may be of interest to note that one of the fundamental tenants of remote-viewing is that the universe is a hologram and that "any part contains the whole" which is what, they claim, makes remote viewing possible.
Another interesting thing I like to think about is how would one go about proving this to somebody?
If someone stood infront of you and flew around, walked through a wall or made a basketball appear out of thing air, I think most of us would go to 100 other explanations, including "oh god, ghost-basketball!", before settling on that our entire existence is a hologram.
Not to mention a large subset of humanity that would just categorically reject it, no matter what you showed them.
I'm open to most any explanation; I need proof, but I'm certainly open to it. I accept that there is always something new to learn. Every time I hear someone talk in terms of limits (to science, humanity, technology... anything) I begin to tune them out.
If the last 100 years has taught me anything, it is that there seems to be as much to be discovered as there is hunger out there to discover it.
THAT makes me wonder at times if elements of our existence are (sub) conscious creations, because the discoveries never seem to stop.
If you enjoy topics like this, I'd strongly encourage you read the entire Wired article "Faster"[2]. It is a wonderfully inspiring story of what is possible when you refuse to accept the limitations (physical and mental) put on you by the people around you.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_viewing#US_government-fu...
[2] http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2011/04/features/fas...