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Subject: Universe As Hologram
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Date: Wed, 30-Sep-87 13:33:00 EDT
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There's been some discussion of faster-than-light (FTL)
on the net; here are the first two paragraphs from an article
in the September 22 Village Voice titled "The Universe As Hologram"
written by Michael Talbot. Any response about these experiments,
(further details, test conditions, test environment)
and their implications would be appreciated. It may be popular
press hokum with no scientific basis, or it could be something
legit, with revolutionary implications, as the article claims.

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THE UNIVERSE AS HOLOGRAM

Does Objective Reality Exist, or Is the Universe a Phantasm?

In 1982 a remarkable event took place. At the University of Paris
a research team led by physicist Alain Aspect performed what may
turn out to be one of the most important experiments of the 20th
century. You did not hear about it on the evening news. In fact,
unless you are in the habit of reading scientific journals you
probably have never even heard Aspect's name, though there are
some who believe his discovery may change the face of science.

Aspect and his team discovered that under certain circumstances
subatomic particles such as electrons are able to instantaneously
communicate with each other regardless of the distance separating
them. It doesn't matter whether they are 10 feet or 10 billion
miles apart. Somehow each particle always seems to know what the
other is doing. The problem with this feat is that it violates
Einstein's long-held tenet that no communication can travel faster
than the speed of light. Since traveling faster than the speed of
light is tantamount to breaking the time barrier, this daunting
prospect has caused some physicists to try to come up with
elaborate ways to explain away Aspect's findings. But it has inspired
others to offer even more radical explanations. University of London
physicist David Bohm, for example, believes Aspect's findings
imply that objective reality does not exist, that despite its apparent
solidity the universe is at heart a phantasm, a gigantic and splendidly
detailed hologram.
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The article goes on to explain holograms, and their unified aspect,
making the parallel of a universe where everything, including
past, present and future, are connected seamlessly, each sub-division
containing the whole, that is the whole of reality.

Tying this together with recent brain research, which show the brain
to also use holographic principles in perception, leads to the
holographic paradigm: a model of reality which can explain many
puzzling phenomena. If the brain is part of the holographic whole,
religious and paranormal experiences, can be seen as tapping into
this universal oneness, and FTL travel means simply accessing
the right frequency to reach other solar systems, which may actually,
be at your elbow.

Any responses?

jimh ...yeah you right

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