Susskind process and holographic principle

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May 18, 2014

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Why is it that Susskind in describing the holographic principle - why is it that he considers a quantized universe?

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May 19, 2014

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M. next said:

Why is it that Susskind in describing the holographic principle - why is it that he considers a quantized universe?

Are you referring to spatial quantisation in Planck volume voxels?

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