Scientists Found a Cosmic Loophole that Shatters Our Concept of Gravity—And May Mean Our Universe Is an Illusion

Scientists Found a Cosmic Loophole that Shatters Our Concept of Gravity—And May Mean Our Universe Is an Illusion

This theory could explain the mysterious disappearance of information about matter and energy inside a black hole, but it the concept has its flaws.

Scientists Think Our Universe Could Be a Holographic Illusion

Getty Images As theoretical physics delves deeper into the fundamental nature of reality, we’re left to grapple with the questions it leaves us. For example, some physicists claim that our universe is merely an illusion, a product of quantum machinations happening in a lower-dimensional setting—in other words, a hologram. But do these latest theoretical insights offer revelations into reality, itself, or merely serve as mathematical tools to hel…