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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Pavel—Here’s an article with very
little content that I can see.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But
it does have a statement that relates to the work we’re doing together—<B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">"There's a real conflict between the way
that we're thinking about the <o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">world right now, which is a very local way
where everything happens <o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">independently in different regions of space
and the way that we're <o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG>going to have to think
about it," </STRONG>said<STRONG> </STRONG>UC Berkeley physics professor, Raphael
Bousso.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">You and I are inching our way
toward an explanation of the way a single particle—or a hoard of
particles—converse with and consult the cosmos before deciding on their next
move.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We’re working on how the
cosmos evolves via sophisticated quorum sensing.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The rest of the
following article is undermined by the usual epistemological problem in
physics.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It says that the universe
must be a certain way because this is the best way our math can describe
it.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When will the community of
physicists and mathematicians finally understand what you do, that our math is a
stone tool.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It’s extremely
primitive.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But that doesn’t mean
the cosmos is primitive.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Howard<B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The Universe is Only Pretending,
Physicist Says<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Like a Hologram, the Universe
Merely Appears to Have Three Spatial <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Dimensions, Scientists
Infer<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">By ALEXANDRA L.
WOODRUFF<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Contributing
Writer<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><st1:date Month="11" Day="9"
Year="2005">Wednesday, November 9, 2005</st1:date><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In quantum physics, nothing is as it
seems. As physicists continue to <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">study the universe they
continually run into new questions that shake <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">how humans understand the
universe's intricate mechanics.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>UC Berkeley physics professor, Raphael
Bousso, is trying to break down <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">the mysteries of the universe
with a concept called the holographic <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">principle. Physicists stumbled on
the idea while studying black holes. <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">It is a concept, which ultimately
questions whether the third dimension <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">exists.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>"There's a real conflict between the way that we're thinking about the
<o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">world right now, which is a very local way
where everything happens <o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">independently in different regions of space
and the way that we're <o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">going to have to think about it," said
Bousso in an interview.<o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Bousso presented the ideas at a seminar
last weekend called "Latest <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Theories About the Universe and
Its Governing Laws: Theoretical Physics <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Made Easy for the Public" at the
Lawrence Hall of Science to an <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">audience of about
100.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The holographic principle uses the
optical concept of holograms to try <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">to visually explain the complex
idea. <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Holograms</B> are most often used
on <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">credit cards and are images that
<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">look three dimensional, but they exist
<o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">on a two dimensional
surface.<o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"You have to keep in mind that we're
just using that name as a sort of <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">metaphor for something that we're
specifying quite precisely when we're <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">talking about how much
information there is relative to certain areas," <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">he said.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A computer chip is a good way to
visualize the principle. The chip has <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">information stored on it in the
form of data, but this isn't the <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">information Bousso is talking
about. Information in the holographic <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">principle means the entire
collection of matter the chip is made of.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"One way of quantifying the complexity
of matter is to ask how many <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">different states can it be in?
How many things can you wiggle in? How <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">many different ways?" Bousso
said.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It would seem logical that if you
doubled the size of the chip, then <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">you could store twice as much
information on the chip.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"What we've found is that it appears
that gravity conspires against <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">that when you really try to store
a lot of information in a special <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">region, then once you double that
region you can't store twice as much <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">anymore," Bousso
said.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In other words, if you have a bunch of
grapes in the fridge and have <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">all the information including
water content, temperature and anything <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">else, you should be able to
create an exact replica of the grapes.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Physicists have found the information
content doesn't hinge on volume, <o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">but rather on surface area. An information
increase can only happen on <o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">a two-dimensional surface and information
density cannot increase by <o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">volume, a three-dimensional
measurement.<o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"The total amount of information that
you can store in the world grows <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">only like the surface area of the
region that you're considering," he <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">said.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The discovery ultimately says the
concept shows <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">the third dimension
<o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">could be an illusion because complex
calculations can't prove it <o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">exists.</B> The recognition is a step of
progress, but Bousso doesn't know <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">where it will ultimately
lead.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"It may be a major step, it may just be
one piece in a very big <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">puzzle, but I think it's
definitely progress towards that goal," he <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">said.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Although there is practical way to use
these principles right now, <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Bousso said he and fellow
physicists are driven to understand nature at <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">the most fundamental
level.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Albert Einstein didn't have any
practical applications for his theory <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">of relativity when he first
discovered it, but now the concept is woven <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">into today's technology with
things like global positioning systems, he <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">said.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"It happens to be true that sooner or
later these types of progress <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">have not just had practical
applications, but they really underlie <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">almost everything that we can do
technologically today," Bousso said.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Ultimately, the physicist wants to find
the origins and the <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">implications of the holographic
principle.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He said the principle has given insight
into physics concepts that <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">scientists have understood for
years.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"It gives us a preview of some of the
unifications and the explanatory <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">power that the quantum gravity
we're seeking is going to have," Bousso <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">said.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT lang=0 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">----------<BR>Howard
Bloom<BR>Author of The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition Into the
Forces of History and Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind From The Big Bang
to the 21st Century<BR>Recent Visiting Scholar-Graduate Psychology Department,
New York University; Core Faculty Member, The Graduate
Institute<BR>www.howardbloom.net<BR>www.bigbangtango.net<BR>Founder:
International Paleopsychology Project; founding board member: Epic of Evolution
Society; founding board member, The Darwin Project; founder: The Big Bang Tango
Media Lab; member: New York Academy of Sciences, American Association for the
Advancement of Science, American Psychological Society, Academy of Political
Science, Human Behavior and Evolution Society, International Society for Human
Ethology; advisory board member: Institute for Accelerating Change ; executive
editor -- New Paradigm book series.<BR>For information on The International
Paleopsychology Project, see: www.paleopsych.org<BR>for two chapters from
<BR>The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition Into the Forces of History,
see www.howardbloom.net/lucifer<BR>For information on Global Brain: The
Evolution of Mass Mind from the Big Bang to the 21st Century, see
www.howardbloom.net<BR></FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>