10-23-2010, 08:43 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-23-2010, 08:52 PM by Ali Quadir.)
Ow wow, the implications of that experiment are potentially paradigm changing. (And mind blowing) I'll be following that one closely, thanks for bringing it to our attention zanny!
Upon further inspection I remember reading something about the theory a while ago.. I don't get all of it and I can't find the original so this is going to be a bit messy. But I believe the point was that the amount of information per 3d unit of space has a maximum. If you try to make more accurate readings then you start to get a noise. The theoretical most accurate reading is the at around the level of the planc constant. However, earlier measurements indicate that there might be noise at a much less accurate level of reality. This would indicate a model where all the information is not stored in 3d space, but in a sort of 2d sheet bubble surrounding space... Essentially a hologram.
The clock they made should not be able to measure around the planc constant. But the previous experiment suggests it might measure right in the levels where the distortions become measurable.
Upon further inspection I remember reading something about the theory a while ago.. I don't get all of it and I can't find the original so this is going to be a bit messy. But I believe the point was that the amount of information per 3d unit of space has a maximum. If you try to make more accurate readings then you start to get a noise. The theoretical most accurate reading is the at around the level of the planc constant. However, earlier measurements indicate that there might be noise at a much less accurate level of reality. This would indicate a model where all the information is not stored in 3d space, but in a sort of 2d sheet bubble surrounding space... Essentially a hologram.
The clock they made should not be able to measure around the planc constant. But the previous experiment suggests it might measure right in the levels where the distortions become measurable.