http://metaversetribune.com/2011/08/22/rosedale-makes-case-for-holographic-universe/
Rosedale was the founder of SecondLife. I frequently worked with the physics engine in SL and I can confirm the marble / cup QM tunneling analogy. Some choice quotes: - “Basically if you leave a marble in a cup in Second Life, and you leave all night and you come back, what happens? The marble is gone.” - "If there was a hidden dimension [Holographic Principle - universe as 2 dimensions] wrapped around our universe that contained all the data for the atoms in our world, quantum entanglement starts to make more sense." - "The general agreement in quantum mechanics is that subatomic particles like photons behave like waves until looked at by a conscious observer .. Second Life, too, does not render until looked at by a conscious observer, but the data always remains in that hidden dimension outside the 3D virtual space. Just something to think about." On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Blaze Spinnaker <blazespinna...@gmail.com>wrote: > > http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/geekquinox/weird-science-weekly-may-living-holographic-projection-010534111.html > > Cool video - the idea that reality is just a projected hologram from a 2 > dimensional surface at the boundaries of space. > > > On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 11:18 AM, John Berry <berry.joh...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> It is also possible the universe is just a dream, or a shared >> hallucination. >> >> Maybe all our memories are manufactured and we have not been on this >> earth and list for x number of years, we may only have implanted memories >> and started 'fresh' this morning. >> >> Many far out and improbable things can be argued as possible, this sim >> argument is no different. >> >> I am not going to take any of these ideas seriously since none of them >> agree with the incredible detail and broadness of the world. >> >> It only distracts from understanding the world we are in. >> >> Now we could ask if consciousness comes from dis dimension, at least we >> perceive consciousness to exist. As far as existential questions go that >> one makes sense. >> >> John >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 4:34 AM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: >> >>> >>> From: Eric Walker >>> >>> Of course, the gamers are risking "exposure" now that >>> A.I. >>> is becoming >>> closer to reality. A.I. may have developed a life >>> (reality) >>> of its own which >>> clears up everything, and possibly within a few decades. >>> >>> I think whether the universe is a simulation is >>> epistemologically inaccessible, unless things were to start to get really >>> weird. >>> >>> The weirdness could easily be that there is both a “real” universe and >>> many >>> ongoing simulations, and especially simulations within simulations. Even >>> if >>> you find the “tell” at one level, you may only advance to the next Sim ! >>> >>> Whether the individual (us, for instance) can ever figure out multiple >>> layering depends on many factors but could easily be impossible, as you >>> say >>> - since any the Sim can have a automatic mechanism for the untimely >>> “demise” >>> of a player who is digging too deep. Think Philip K. Dick. >>> >>> OTOH a few Sims, and maybe our own, could be structured as some kind of >>> test >>> the aim of which is to see how long it takes the subjects of the >>> experiment >>> (i.e. “the meat”) to figure out that they are locked into a Sim. >>> >>> The “untimely demise” mechanism of a Sim is one reason why a large group >>> effort would be preferable :-) >>> >>> At least the “tell” would then be the improbability of the disaster – >>> such >>> as that most of the Vortex News Group did not survive Thanksgiving due… >>> due >>> to… err… tainted turkey? >>> >>> Remember: the red pill is in the cranberries! >>> >>> Actually the Matrix films are an example of early house-of-mirrors >>> layering >>> since any movie is already a Sim on one level. >>> >>> >>> >> >
