Koberlein has an interesting post this morning. Our favorite astrophysicist discusses how the hologram universe idea does NOT mean our world is a hologram, but that the research in this area may help us grasp how quantum mechanics and general relativity are combined. So here I am hanging on by a fingertip to his arguments, hardly able to understand his prepositions, when he writes that:
The holographic principle states that the information contained within a region of space can be determined by the information at the surface that contains it.
Nothing daunted by a passing woozy feeling, I thought--- that could be consciousness he's talking about. That could be words, verbal abstractions. Somebody else probably thought of this -- the hologram could be a model for consciousness, -- but the extrapolation is not one Koberlein made. I do get one thing Koberlein probably does not--- even if this holographic principle is verified, it explains nothing. But my approach is, you dance with the jigsaw puzzle that brought you, at least til you get out on the patio.
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