Science delves on cold facts, theories, experiments, and explanations that cover all these. But sometimes, there are theories that are difficult to accept, although there are experiments that are equally difficult to understand. What do you make of an experiment that proves that under certain conditions, particles such as electrons are able to communicate with each other even though they are far away from each other; so, even though Einstein's theory says that nothing can move faster than the speed of light, this experiment seems to suggest that particles can communicate with each other instantly, much faster than light. One theory takes from this approach, and suggests that the universe in fact is just a hologram (link to site):
University of London physicist David Bohm, for example, believes Aspect's findings imply that objective reality does not exist, that despite its apparent solidity the universe is at heart a phantasm, a gigantic and splendidly detailed hologram.
To understand why Bohm makes this startling assertion, one must first understand a little about holograms. A hologram is a three- dimensional photograph made with the aid of a laser. 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.
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