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    Quilt: I've always preferred a more Truman Show type take on the universe. That way I'm the star of a television show and thus the center of everyone's atten... more »
    BrianCanFly: I usually avoid indulging in this sort of behavior--it smacks of xkcd's "someone is WRONG on the internet!"--but, as a former physicist, here I can't ... more »
    GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: Computer, Exit. more »
    BCWoods: Do you know if this has anything to do with the Planck Length? Planck Units are what you get when you start dealing with the universe in terms of unit... more »
    bookwench: New Favoritest quote ever: "hypothetical universe with five dimensions and shaped like a Pringle". It all makes perfect sense now. What I'm wondering ... more »
    twophrasebark: Okay, in yet another unhelpful post to this thread, I must ask - why is the image of the hologram lady named cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2009/0... more »
    Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.: Didn't Grant Morrison incorporate that concept into the plot of The Invisibles way back when? He once wrote "As a final interesting aside on the subje... more »
    sir_eccles: Occasionally I shout "Computer, end program" to see if anything happens. more »
    Grey_Area: "Next they'll find Cowboy Worf is ..." Just caught that, hee hee hee. more »
    Grey_Area: Had a thought for a new word: if pixel comes from "picture element" we could call these information "bits" or "grains" of spacetime exels or "existenc... more »
    I_Like_Rabbits: Is it just me, or does that chick in the pic look a lot like Cameron Diaz? more »
    twophrasebark: I would like to be inside that holo - Okay, never mind. more »
    crashfrog: There's a distance so small that, given two points separated by less than that distance, you can't be sure they're not at the same point. Sure, that c... more »
    ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥: i've had similar paranoid leanings since i was a child, and here's the proof. now i can start spouting these ideas without fear of being institutional... more »
    ThisDudeRufus: Pfft. Nerds. And yes. We are. more »
  • #cosmicholograms

    Are We Living Inside A Giant Hologram?

    The so-called "real" world isn't as real as you'd imagined. When scientists look into the fabric of space-time beyond a certain depth, it starts to lose resolution. Almost like it's made of... pixels. More »
  • #carchases

    Greatest Car Chases In Science Fiction (Part 2)