On the one hand, I have to admire a cartoon that can even bring up the holographic principle.
On the other hand, the holographic principle is plain stupid. It is based on the biggest single mistake of 20th C. physics: the total confusion of the facts of reality with knowledge of reality. The error started with Plato, was pushed by Descartes and Kant, and finally became part of the assumptions behind both relativity and quantum mechanics.
One form the error takes is the assumption that if an equation implies something, it must be true no matter how contradictory of all other knowledge it may be. In this case, there never was or can be any such thing as a singularity. And then the physicists trapped by bad philosophy try to paper over the resulting contradictions with band-aids like the holographic principle, leading to absurdities like the Scientific American cover title “Are You a Hologram?”. Uh, no.
This is the craziest comic I’ve ever seen. One week he’s Sherbilly, and the next we are talking about black holes and their surrounding theroies. That is one crazy, mixed up mind you got there Mark. I like it!! Keep up the good work.
pschearer Premium Member about 12 years ago
On the one hand, I have to admire a cartoon that can even bring up the holographic principle.
On the other hand, the holographic principle is plain stupid. It is based on the biggest single mistake of 20th C. physics: the total confusion of the facts of reality with knowledge of reality. The error started with Plato, was pushed by Descartes and Kant, and finally became part of the assumptions behind both relativity and quantum mechanics.
One form the error takes is the assumption that if an equation implies something, it must be true no matter how contradictory of all other knowledge it may be. In this case, there never was or can be any such thing as a singularity. And then the physicists trapped by bad philosophy try to paper over the resulting contradictions with band-aids like the holographic principle, leading to absurdities like the Scientific American cover title “Are You a Hologram?”. Uh, no.
dougsathome about 12 years ago
This Billy must be a hologram.“Help me, Obi Wan Kenobi”.
Jkiss about 12 years ago
This is the craziest comic I’ve ever seen. One week he’s Sherbilly, and the next we are talking about black holes and their surrounding theroies. That is one crazy, mixed up mind you got there Mark. I like it!! Keep up the good work.