What If the Universe Was Just an Illusion?

What if the Universe is an illusion? What if your reality is not what it seems to be? What if you are you're just a 2D projection stretched on the surface of a black hole? And what does a black hole have to do with all this? I know what you think. This isn't real. How can we live in a hologram if everything around us is three-dimensional?

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What If is a mini-documentary web series that takes you on an epic journey through hypothetical worlds and possibilities. Join us on an imaginary adventure — grounded in scientific theory — through time, space and chance, as we ask what if some of the most fundamental aspects of our existence were different.

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