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Leonard Susskind on The World As Hologram | TVO Docs

Stanford physicist Leonard Susskind gives a public lecture on the holographic principle, the indestructibility of information and the nature of black holes. It asks whether the world could be a hologram.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters recommend it as an accessible yet substantive introduction to the holographic principle and black hole information, often when related physics news comes up.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
TVO Docs
Topic
holographic principle
Format
lecture
Level
intro
HN recommenders in dataset
7
HN mentions in dataset
11
Recommendation years in dataset
2013–2021

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • I have found this Leonard Susskind lecture to come closest to answering the question of "why would anyone even suggest such a thing?" about this subject: [VIDEO]

    damon_c on Hacker News · 2013-12
    In Simulations back up theory that Universe is a hologram

  • Others can hopefully chime in with more, but when I first was learning about it, my reaction to the word "hologram" was the same as your (1). My understanding is that when they say "hologram", they're simply meaning an n dimensional object that's encoded in …

    andy112 on Hacker News · 2013-12
    In Simulations back up theory that Universe is a hologram

  • Black hole Firewalls with Sean Carroll and Jennifer Ouellette (45m+50s quick summary of the holographic principle) [LINK] Leonard Susskind on The World As Hologram (more dense/verbose) [VIDEO]

    platz on Hacker News · 2017-01
    In Study reveals substantial evidence of holographic universe

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