What It Means to Live in a Holographic Universe
by Brian Koberlein
May 07, 2014
4 minutes
When you look in the mirror, the image you see looks a lot like you—not exactly the same, because when you raise your right hand, your mirror-self raises its left. What’s more, the mirror image is merely an assemblage of reflected light, without a physical body behind it. Despite these differences, you can see an important connection between you and your reflection.
This type of mirror relation is a familiar and powerful form of symmetry. We can say that a Valentine heart is symmetrical because the left side is a reflection of the right. But the symmetry your reflection to be symmetrical to you. It is an example of a powerful and subtle type of symmetry known as duality.
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