Holography

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'''Holography''' is a technique for creating records ('''holograms''') of the light scattered by an object. Holograms are interpreted by the observer as looking at a three-dimensional object through a two-dimensional window. Unlike photography (which creates two-dimensional projections) and stereography (which uses binocular vision to create an illusion of seeing a 3D scene in the brain), holography does not represent the object from a fixed viewpoint, but from a range of possible viewpoints — looking at a hologram from different angles will give different views of its contents, as if the viewer were looking from different angles at a real object.

== Crank magnetism == 

In fiction, "holograms" usually refer to three-dimensional images projected into thin air. So, in popular culture, any kind of 3D projection technology, real or imagined, is going to be called a "hologram".

Holograms, being weird, are often the subject of different kinds of [[science woo]] that usually ascribes to them special, magical properties. The situation is similar to the one with [[crystal woo|crystals]], which lends weight to the hypothesis that humans and magpies are closely related.

== The Moon is a hologram! ==

There is also the [[Not even wrong|strange]] claim that the [[Universe]] is a hologram, known as the Holographic Principle<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/physicists-discover-clearest-evidence-yet-that-the-universe-is-a-hologram-9000748.html Physicists discover 'clearest evidence yet' that the Universe is a hologram]</ref><ref>[http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/172812-our-universe-is-a-hologram-and-were-floating-inside-of-it-suggests-new-research Our universe is a hologram, and we’re floating inside of it, suggests new research]</ref> and some have even taken the time to debunk this claim.<ref>[http://www.universetoday.com/107172/why-our-universe-is-not-a-hologram/ Why Our Universe is Not a Hologram]</ref> A somewhat similar, but recently popular, claim borrows a page from the [[Moon landing hoax|Moon hoaxers]], but takes it further and more literally by claiming that the [[Moon]] is a hologram.<ref>This particular bit of [[crank]]ery is depicted and rather hilarious debunked in the YouTube video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xIt1N3CBXE&list=UUx3s3t5kpD4VMfJjDi5keXw ''World of Batshit - #2: Moon Loons''] (episode 1 is about those who think that aircraft are sky [[demon]]s, while episode 3 deals with [[Chemtrails|chemtrailers]]</ref> 

In 2013, YouTube user Crrow777 started posting videos which he claims show proof that the Moon is a hologram. Crrow claims “lunar waves” (supposedly power glitches in an artificial electrical system) demonstrate that the Moon is a hologram. Crrow says three other individuals privy to classified information were able to confirm his suspicions, as well as unnamed "Russian scientists".<ref>[http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/607938/WATCH-Lunar-wave-which-cameraman-claims-proves-Moon-is-actually-a-HOLOGRAM Forget Blood Moons: Cameraman claims 'lunar wave' he filmed proves Moon is a 'HOLOGRAM']</ref><ref>[http://ufoholic.com/conspiracy/do-you-believe-the-moon-is-real-because-analysis-shows-it-might-be-a-hologram/ Do You Believe the Moon is Real? Because Analysis Shows it Might be a Hologram]</ref><ref>[http://www.politicsuniverse.com/is-the-moon-a-hologram/ Is The Moon A Hologram?]</ref>

=== Problems with the theory ===
Sure, it gives hope to believers in a [[Moon landing hoax]], but...

*If there's no Moon to exert gravitational pull, why are there tides on Earth?
*Radio signals are reliably bounced off the Moon. Holograms can't reflect radio transmissions.
*The Moon emits measurable gamma ray radiation. Holograms don't.
*The Moon has been observed on Earth since antiquity. Surely aliens (or whoever is responsible) would have occasional equipment failures that attract Earthly notice.
*If someone is technologically advanced enough to create and maintain a large-scale illusion of a moon, WHY would they need to? They could simply do whatever they want (colonization, invasion, etc.) right out in the open without fear of resistance.

==See also==
*[[Michael Talbot]]

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