07-28-2011, 11:38 AM
Some good reading on the subject: David Bohm, an eminent physicist, wrote, The Implicate Universe, postulating the holographic theory. A much more readable book with no math in it, is Michael Talbot's, The Holographic Universe.
The idea of the holographic universe, basically, is that there is an implicate universe (unmanifested field), and an explicate universe (manifested). Quantum physics experiments have shown that observation effects the outcome (the double-slit experiment is a good example), so imagine a field of energy (like waves) and focusing thought upon it to manifest matter (like particles). (Waves and particle produce different effects.) Further, if you cut a holographic plate in half, the entire image is still on both pieces, and if you cut it again, likewise, ad infinitum. This may show that the manifestation (explicate) carries evidence of the whole (the implicate, or source).
Michael Talbot makes many great arguments for this model, and applies them to the paranormal, among other interesting things.
The idea of the holographic universe, basically, is that there is an implicate universe (unmanifested field), and an explicate universe (manifested). Quantum physics experiments have shown that observation effects the outcome (the double-slit experiment is a good example), so imagine a field of energy (like waves) and focusing thought upon it to manifest matter (like particles). (Waves and particle produce different effects.) Further, if you cut a holographic plate in half, the entire image is still on both pieces, and if you cut it again, likewise, ad infinitum. This may show that the manifestation (explicate) carries evidence of the whole (the implicate, or source).
Michael Talbot makes many great arguments for this model, and applies them to the paranormal, among other interesting things.