Picture of Theories: Holographic Universe Theory

  The Holographic Principle AKA Holographic Universe Theory, Astrophysics: A holographic universe, an idea first suggested in the 1990s, is one where all the information, which makes up our 3D ‘reality’ (plus time) is contained in a 2D surface on its boundaries. (https://www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2017/01/holographic-universe.page) I don’t think I understand this one very well at all, and […]

Pictures of Theories: The Boltzmann Brain Paradox

The Boltzmann brain paradox, physics:  A Boltzmann brain is a hypothesized self-aware entity that arises due to random fluctuations out of a state of chaos. The idea is named for the physicist Ludwig Boltzmann (1844–1906), who advanced an idea that the Universe is observed to be in a highly improbable non-equilibrium state because only when […]