The Holographic Principle

The history;

(“In 1993 the famous Dutch theoretical physicist G. 't Hooft put forward a bold proposal
which is reminiscent of Plato's Allegory of the Cave. This proposal, which is known as
the Holographic Principle, consisting of two basic assertions:

Assertion 1 The first assertion of the Holographic Principle is that all of the information
contained in some region of space can be represented as a `Hologram' - a theory which
`lives' on the boundary of that region. For example, if the region of space in question is
the DAMTP Tearoom, then the holographic principle asserts that all of the physics which
takes place in the DAMTP Tearoom can be represented by a theory which is defined on
the walls of the Tearoom.

Assertion 2 The second assertion of the Holographic Principle is that the theory on the
boundary of the region of space in question should contain at most one degree of freedom
per Planck area.”)

Hologram basics;

“To make a hologram, the object to be photographed is first bathed in the light of a laser beam.
Then a second laser beam is bounced off the reflected light of the first and the resulting
interference pattern (the area where the two laser beams commingle) is captured on film. When
the film is developed, it looks like a meaningless swirl of light and dark lines. But as soon as the
developed film is illuminated by another laser beam, a three-dimensional image of the original
object appears. The three-dimensionality of such images is not the only remarkable characteristic
of holograms. If a hologram of a rose is cut in half and then illuminated by a laser, each half
will still be found to contain the entire image of the rose. Indeed, even if the halves are
divided again, each snippet of film will always be found to contain a smaller but intact
version of the original image. Unlike normal photographs, every part of a hologram contains
all the information possessed by the whole. The "whole in every part" nature of a hologram
provides us with an entirely new way of understanding organization and order. ”

According to Bohm because subatomic particles demonstrate action at a distance,

(“under certain circumstances subatomic particles such as electrons are able to
instantaneously communicate with each other regardless of the distance separating them.
It doesn't matter whether they are 10 feet or 10 billion miles apart.”), not because they
are sending a signal or force between them, but because their “separateness” is really just
an illusion. This idea seems counter intuitive at first, even silly, but the experimental
physics is there. Just as all points in space are connected to any/every other point, Bhom
argues all particles and there interactions are extensions of one fundamental entity.
There is a mathematical proof showing that all elements/aspects of the universe are
“energetically” connected, but we won’t go there now.
All attempts at unifying gravity, the most universal force, with the other forces has
resulted in string theory which has resolved some but not all of the problems, needed to
explain it’s peculiar nature. Gravity is weak at small scales, but dominates at large. It
acts like a force carrier, but carrier for what? Matter. If so then why is it so difficult
measure directly, (we have plenty of “matter” and ways to measure it), and why are extra
dimensions required to explain it at a subatomic level? Since gravity is plainly an
everyday part of our world one would assume it should have a “natural” explanation.
Newton’s law describes it, but doesn’t tell us what it is.

The holographic principle says that all forces, including gravity appear naturally as
entropic expressions needed to represent a change in “information” between matter and
energy. (But, of these forces, above all gravity.) Erik Verlinde -“A crucial ingredient is
that only a finite number of degrees of freedom are associated with a given spatial
volume, as dictated by the holographic principle. The energy, that is equivalent to the
matter, is distributed evenly over the degrees of freedom, and thus leads to a
temperature. The product of the temperature and the change in entropy due to the
displacement of matter is shown to be equal to the work done by the gravitational
force.
In this way Newton’s law of gravity emerges in a surprisingly simple fashion.” (His
paper demonstrates this mathematically, and is seemingly consistent with all accepted
theory and formulation to date.) So this is to say if space is holographic, i.e. the primal
information storage medium which expresses all changes in matter/energy, and not
merely a separate vessel serving as the container for matter and energy, the entropy,
(“an entropic force is an effective macroscopic force that originates in a system with
many degrees of freedom by the statistical tendency to increase its entropy”), of gravity
emerges as the product of the change in information within the system and is proportional
to each given change, large or small. Essentially all the forces of nature combine as
different aspects of that which is needed to perform and express this information. String
theory describes gravity as an exchange between closed strings, which doesn’t explain
action at a distance, while the Holographic Principle allows for this and explains it
without the need for a mediating force carrier or field.
(There exists numerous examples entropic force, none of which require a field or carrier
to explain them.)
Erik Verlinde- “Space is the first place a device was introduced to describe the positions
and movements of particles. Space is therefore literally just a storage space for
information. This information is naturally associated with matter.” Is it possible for
space to exist if nothing were to exist within it? This question strikes to the heart of the
matter. If space can exist without anything in it then it can truly be said to be an entity in
and of it’s self, and thus it follows this would be true also of anything contained within it.
However if space can’t exist separately, then by definition it is an extension of, and thus
undifferentiated from that which it contains.
According to the second law of thermodynamics any and all activity within a system
requires energy and maintains equilibrium, the Holographic Principle says this energy is
attached to, comes from, or is really a component of space as a storage medium for the
information contained within it’s self in terms of gravity.
To measure the movement between two objects requires finding the difference of the
times and distance’s involved. If there were only one object, could it move, and what
would it move relative to? This is not merely a philosophic question. It is an existential
one which speaks to the nature of space it’s self. Erik Verlinde- “Since entropy and mass
are both additive, it is therefore natural that any entropy change is proportional to the
mass. (So-mine)--- How does force arise? ” Without a force carrier or field it must arise
from the fabric of space it’s self. This addresses the quantum problem of pointless, mass-
less; particles which, if/when they are left unmeasured exist only as probabilities of un-
collapsed wave functions. One really needs to think about what this means. No matter
the scale, from micro to macro all matter and energy is the result of probability functions.
Does this alter the nature of existence, I don’t know. Does it say something about the
nature of the universe, I think it does.
The apparent nature of the universe would suggest all things have a “mechanical” cause
and that these causes are fundamental. But gravity has not been shown to have this, not
really. This is why it has been so difficult to integrate it into the other “forces”, and why
it remains so illusive, i.e. hard to detect and measure. The holographic principle explains
gravity in a natural, law observing way, consistent with current empirical observations
and experimental results. Gravity is space’s way of conserving energy as a means of
storing the information contained within it while simultaneously existing as both the
source and the function of the universe (existence) itself.
dhem

References:

On the Origin of Gravity and the Laws of Newton

Erik Verlinde1
Institute for Theoretical Physics
University of Amsterdam
Valckenierstraat 65 1018 XE, Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Michael Talbot (1953-1992), “was the author of a number of books highlighting parallels
between ancient mysticism and quantum mechanics, and espousing a theoretical model of
reality that suggests the physical universe is akin to a giant hologram. In The
Holographic Universe, Talbot made many references to the work of David Bohm and
Karl Pribram, and it is quite apparent that the combined work of Bohm and Karl Pribram
is largely the cornerstone upon which Talbot built his ideas.”
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