Brian Cox

So you could imagine, picture a sphere with a quantum theory living on the surface. And there's a completely equivalent description of whatever's going on, the physics, in the interior of the sphere. So it's almost as if the interior of the space is a hologram of the theory that lives on the surface. And it's kind of not accepted, but many physicists think our universe is like that.

So you could imagine, picture a sphere with a quantum theory living on the surface. And there's a completely equivalent description of whatever's going on, the physics, in the interior of the sphere. So it's almost as if the interior of the space is a hologram of the theory that lives on the surface. And it's kind of not accepted, but many physicists think our universe is like that.

So what we're saying is that we're having this conversation now and there's an equivalent description of this somehow in a theory that does not contain space and time. There's a completely equivalent description that lives in fewer dimensions on a surface somehow that's surrounding us. And it's really woolly and hand-wavy because we don't fully know what it means.

So what we're saying is that we're having this conversation now and there's an equivalent description of this somehow in a theory that does not contain space and time. There's a completely equivalent description that lives in fewer dimensions on a surface somehow that's surrounding us. And it's really woolly and hand-wavy because we don't fully know what it means.

So what we're saying is that we're having this conversation now and there's an equivalent description of this somehow in a theory that does not contain space and time. There's a completely equivalent description that lives in fewer dimensions on a surface somehow that's surrounding us. And it's really woolly and hand-wavy because we don't fully know what it means.

But it would mean that we're holograms. So this is a hologram of this other dual theory. That's what that thing was, the holographic wormhole thing. So it's all very the beginnings of this work. But that's an example of how it could become an experimental science because quantum computers now exist. And they allow you to do those experiments to try to build filaments.

But it would mean that we're holograms. So this is a hologram of this other dual theory. That's what that thing was, the holographic wormhole thing. So it's all very the beginnings of this work. But that's an example of how it could become an experimental science because quantum computers now exist. And they allow you to do those experiments to try to build filaments.

But it would mean that we're holograms. So this is a hologram of this other dual theory. That's what that thing was, the holographic wormhole thing. So it's all very the beginnings of this work. But that's an example of how it could become an experimental science because quantum computers now exist. And they allow you to do those experiments to try to build filaments.

It's almost like a filament of space, a holographic filament of space that you're building from these qubits, which is just. And by the way, that word is a bit weird. It's just something like an electron. It's not that they're more complicated, but an electron would be an example of one. So it's a physical thing that we have in the lab. There is a quantum system that's a quantum bit.

It's almost like a filament of space, a holographic filament of space that you're building from these qubits, which is just. And by the way, that word is a bit weird. It's just something like an electron. It's not that they're more complicated, but an electron would be an example of one. So it's a physical thing that we have in the lab. There is a quantum system that's a quantum bit.

It's almost like a filament of space, a holographic filament of space that you're building from these qubits, which is just. And by the way, that word is a bit weird. It's just something like an electron. It's not that they're more complicated, but an electron would be an example of one. So it's a physical thing that we have in the lab. There is a quantum system that's a quantum bit.

So you build it in the different ways of building them. And that's what a quantum computer is. But it's amazing, isn't it, that we're beginning to use those things not for computing yet because they're really hard to program. But we do. Physicists have gone, this is great because Google and Microsoft have spent billions of dollars building these things because they want to build these computers.

So you build it in the different ways of building them. And that's what a quantum computer is. But it's amazing, isn't it, that we're beginning to use those things not for computing yet because they're really hard to program. But we do. Physicists have gone, this is great because Google and Microsoft have spent billions of dollars building these things because they want to build these computers.

So you build it in the different ways of building them. And that's what a quantum computer is. But it's amazing, isn't it, that we're beginning to use those things not for computing yet because they're really hard to program. But we do. Physicists have gone, this is great because Google and Microsoft have spent billions of dollars building these things because they want to build these computers.

But they're perfect laboratories for quantum mechanics. So you can do abstract research into quantum mechanics on them, which I find fascinating.

But they're perfect laboratories for quantum mechanics. So you can do abstract research into quantum mechanics on them, which I find fascinating.

But they're perfect laboratories for quantum mechanics. So you can do abstract research into quantum mechanics on them, which I find fascinating.

Yeah, it's kind of, you know, factoring large numbers, it's kind of boring. But building wormholes, which is, and I caution, it's a complicated thing, but it looks like the beginnings of...

Yeah, it's kind of, you know, factoring large numbers, it's kind of boring. But building wormholes, which is, and I caution, it's a complicated thing, but it looks like the beginnings of...

Yeah, it's kind of, you know, factoring large numbers, it's kind of boring. But building wormholes, which is, and I caution, it's a complicated thing, but it looks like the beginnings of...