L. Susskind : The Indestructability of Information

The Cosmic Landscape

The Holographic Universe

    Leonard Susskind

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• Stanford University   Lectures




Lecture : The World As Hologram

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The Indestructability of Information and the Nature of Black Holes.

".. The Holographic Principle suggests that like the security chip on your credit card, there is a two-dimensional surface that contains all the information needed to describe a three-dimensional object - which in this case is our universe. In essence, the theory claims that data containing a description of a volume of space - such as a human or a comet - could be hidden in a region of this flattened, 'real' version of the universe.

In a black hole, for instance, all the objects that ever fall into it would be entirely contained in surface fluctuations.

In a larger sense, the theory suggests that the entire universe can be seen as a 'two-dimensional structure projected onto a cosmological horizon' - or in simpler terms, a projection. ..."




From String Theory to The Holographic Principle

Radio Interview on April 7, 2013




Interview : Must the Universe Contain Consciousness?

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