The Holographic Universe: Dividing Reality into Bits

[ebodet18]

Hey guys, can anyone explained to me this theory. To my knowledge it talks states that everything can be divided and broken down into the smallest bit of information. A hologram can be divided (a limited number of times?) and still retain it's image. I'm trying to do a paper on it because it's really interesting, I'm just not sure where to start.
Thanks in advance!

 

[tom.stoer]

The basic idea is that a theory living in on an n-dim. manifold M has a dual, fully equivalent representation in terms of a second theory living on the boundary ∂M.

 

[fzero]

Hey guys, can anyone explained to me this theory. To my knowledge it talks states that everything can be divided and broken down into the smallest bit of information. A hologram can be divided (a limited number of times?) and still retain it's image. I'm trying to do a paper on it because it's really interesting, I'm just not sure where to start.
Thanks in advance!

Can you clarify whether you are asking about the holographic universe ideas of David Bohm or the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_principle[/url] of 't Hooft and Susskind? As far as I can tell, the theory by Bohm was never published in a peer-reviewed physics journal (and Pribram's work doesn't even appear in peer-reviewed psych or philosophy journals) and is probably against the PF guidelines for discussion. If you insist on studying the theory I would suggest you go in with a healthy amount of skepticism.