HOLOGRAPHIC COSMOLOGY

The holographic universe principle suggests that we're living in a simulated reality. Essentially, it claims our physical world is nothing more than a detailed illusion. This illusion is actually projected by our brains; as energy fields are being decoded into the seemingly three-dimensional universe we see around us. In a more speculative sense, the theory proposes that the entire universe can be seen as a two-dimensional information structure that is 'painted' on the cosmological horizon, such that the three dimensions (four, if you include time) we observe are only an effective description at macroscopic scales and at low energies. Our minds mathematically construct objective reality by interpreting frequencies that are ultimately from another dimension, a deeper order of existence that is beyond both space and time. If the holographic principle is true, then the universe can be viewed in two different ways: one of space and volume as we intrinsically experience it, and one of a 'surface' with one less dimension. This holographic duality is mathematically powerful because some laws of physics can be much easier to work with in one view than the other. Holography is a huge leap forward in the way we think about the structure and creation of the universe.