AnotherBrick: Is The Universe Just A Hologram?

AnotherBrick 12.09.10	list is recently acquired albums thanks to Mr. Diceman
SeaAnemone 12.09.10	absolutely superb collection of albums here... you'll have a blast listening to these
ConsiderPhlebas 12.09.10	New Scientist had a cover story along these lines a couple years back. Only seemed worthwhile on a philosophical level.
americanmusicmachine 12.09.10	no... it... is not... most likely anyway... you know I could be wrong... but I don't think I am, at least not this time... no.
pizzamachine 12.09.10	If it was that would be the coolest trick ever.
wyankeif1337 12.09.10	definitely.
AnotherBrick 12.09.10	yeah Sea, I've loved everything I've heard so far, especially 20.
dr2den 12.09.10	there wont be a universe if we let the reptilian assholes take over
Willie 12.09.10	we talked about that a little bit on the "Getting to know some of the users" list. Some of the evidence is pretty interesting, and I don't think the question has any philosophical implications simply because even if the answer is "yes" it doesn't really change our situation.
Deathcar 12.09.10	The music on this list is so awesome, I need to go listen to it rather than read the article.
Butkuiss 12.09.10	I believe Scar Symmetry had a song/album about that concept. But in reality, I have no clue. Interesting idea though.
couldwinarabbit 12.09.10	list is awesome. Article makes me feel really unimportant(er)
Emim 12.09.10	Mind freak!
Butkuiss 12.09.10	Wow. Just read the article. Fuck me. Mind blown.
0ctahedronzz 12.09.10	I just got through a book called "The Infinite Book" By John D. BArrows, and he mentions this a couple of times in one chapter. Pretty interesting stuff.
AnotherBrick 12.09.10	yeah good point Willie. kind of sucks with all these amazing things science is discovering but it really wont make a difference in our life times.
vanderb0b 12.09.10	mindfuck of an article
musicConsumer 12.09.10	so is the article just a hologram
Winsomniac 12.09.10	Strange how it asserts that so many once-thought simple processes are far more complex than they're perceived to be, yet dares to sum the Universe up in the traits of a hologram. Wrong, but an interesting step forward.
climactic 12.09.10	is hip hop just a euphamism for a new religion
Ovrot 12.09.10	I'm a hologram.
Winsomniac 12.09.10	So was that one dude from Power Rangers. ZORDON! I think...
Butkuiss 12.09.10	Wow, I just saw a guy with a MMPW shirt the other day in the store! He had a handbag too...
Winsomniac 12.15.10	Lol power rangers ftmfw. Also, this article still creeps the fuck out of me.
Wolfhorde 12.15.10	Please not again this holographic universe-thing.
Winsomniac 12.15.10	MINDFUCKS ALL DAY, BABY!
Wolfhorde 12.15.10	Pfft. Einstein.
AnotherBrick 12.15.10	Haha it creeps you out?
Willie 12.15.10	It's so fucking true, though. It makes perfect sense. It should even make more sense if you believe in god (which I don't, only huge-ass holograms).
Winsomniac 12.15.10	"When mathematical propositions refer to reality, they are not certain; when they are certain, they do not refer to reality." -Albert Einsten
AnotherBrick 12.15.10	Hey willie you know any good books? I'm wanting to get a brief history of time and also his new one. Also was thinking of getting the elegant universe. Do you do much reading or know of other good ones?
Willie 12.15.10	The last one I read was called "The Gods of Eden" by William Bramley and is about how we were created by a race of Aliens. The first half of the book is really cool, but the second half kind of loses focus.
Thane 12.15.10	Mindfuck indeed. Very interesting read, thanks Brick. Also, lots of good stuff on the list.
AnotherBrick 12.15.10	that definitely sounds interesting Willie, thanks man.
Zanders 12.15.10	Willie, I have actually read some excerpts from "The Gods of Eden". Every alien astronaut theory I have heard is severely flawed and filled with pseudo-archeology and pseudo-science. They make the mistake of interpreting everything to fit what they want and ignore the historical and archeological contradictions it causes. Way too much speculation without evidence. And the "evidence" they usually list is either circumstantial or speculative at best.
Maniac! 12.15.10	FUCK YOU BRICK I rec'd you 20 like a month ago, you bastard.
AnotherBrick 12.15.10	care to expand on that Zanders? hahahhaha fuck, dont worry man, i still use those list of yours :)
Maniac! 12.15.10	>:[
Zanders 12.15.10	AnotherBrick, you want me explain just where all of the individual alien astronaut theories are wrong? I already said that all of the ones I have seen have fallen victim to cherry picking facts and ignoring important details that contradict their theories. They also misinterpret scientific information to conform to their hypotheses. I'm not talking about the hologram thing, just the ancient astronaut theory. More importantly, you might aught to present some good proof as to why they are right. The burden of proof is on them. So far they haven't found anything that couldn't be explained in a more logical and rational manner.
Zanders 12.15.10
Willie 12.15.10	@Zanders: That's basically what I'm talking about. The first half of the book deals with the ancient races and their lore, and it's easy to fit that into his theories. The second part tries to bring it into the present by saying that certain "secret societies" are the current extension of the aliens' control and it's all over the place (basically cherry picking the 'facts' that he wants to use).
Electric City 12.16.10	The time it takes to get from one star to another star is... and see, you need to travel at the speed of light. And us humans can't even... fathom the concept of that kind of time because it's really really really really really really really really fun! To think about taking a speed of light ride.