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Summary: Mindboggling!!!!
Review: I read Talbots book about 8 years ago yet it has stuck with me. Syncronistic events are so evident in my life that I could write a book on them myself.
I find Talbot to be so in-touch with reality that his book should be the new "Bible"!!!
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Summary: Yet another over looked masterpiece
Review: After reading this book I threw out my old college physics and physical chemistry books. This is the type of book that should be REQUIRED reading for everyone beyond 10th grade. So much of what is still taught in traditional schoolrooms and colleges is based on outdated BELIEFS, not FACTS. Broader reading and understanding of books such as this might lead the way for the next budding Einstein or at the very least lead people to question "common knowledge".
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Summary: Fun and informative
Review: Talbot's book reads like a pot-boiler. I think I read it two sittings (the only other book that I read so fast was The Amityville Horror in 1978!). Talbot weaves his theory that the universe is a hologram around findings in neuroscience and particle physics. He then brings in every paranormal phenomenon one can think of to fit into this theory - reincarnation, out of body experiences, ESP, UFOs, psychokinesis, etc. etc. This is both the strength and the weakness of the book. While having a theory that describes all of these phenomena is like finding the Rosetta Stone, I found myself thirsting for alternative explanations as well, just to get a comparison. But still, Talbot's book is a page-turner and is recommended.
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Summary: Synchronicity, or a little joke?
Review: The Holographic Universe is an extremely thoughtful work, logically developed and crammed with ideas. Apropos of his discussion of synchronicity, Mr. Talbot mentions at one point that he has written fiction about werewolves. Once, according to him, while working on a novel on this subject the ghostly image of a werewolf's body formed about his own body. This holographic transformation was witnessed by a talented psychic, Carol Dryer.It so happens that the name of Lon Chaney Jr.'s character in the movie "The Wolfman" is Lawrence Talbot. A coincidence? Or is Michael Talbot a pseudonym? Use your imagination to entertain other possibilities. I leave it for Mr. Talbot to comment on this.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: Great book! I highly recommend it to any who's ever thought, Why are we here? Whats the purpose of life? Whats the meaning of life? For me, this book help explain, NOT answer these questions. Do not take everything he says so literally, but at the same time, do keep an open mind.
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Summary: Wonderfully written guide to life
Review: All the pieces fall together and make sense now. It's a pity we won't be seeing more books from Michael Talbot, to guide our steps on our paths in this holodeck called Earth. But at least Michael is seeing it all from the "other side;" his untimely death occurred in May 1992 (I only found this out while trying to search out more about him on the Internet). Be well, Michael Talbot ... and thank you.
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Summary: I don't want to abandon my comfort zones
Review: I read Michael Talbot's book over six months ago. As a general practice I defer writing a review until I am confident my opinion has stabilized. Typically that occurs by the time I reach the final page. This time I was all over the map and in reality (I guess) I still can't state with assurance how valid I found his speculations. Yet, I also cannot overlook the subtle adaptations in perceptiveness I have experienced over that period. Mr. Talbot's text is a quasi-credulous compendium of New Age philosophy and conventional scientific investigation, a Vulcan mind meld of Carlos Castaneda and Stephen Hawking. I just might be too left-brained to acquiesce to his exhortations even though past experience has indicated my cognitive distributive ratio lies closer to evenly balanced. One salient distinction I recognize is I am not nearly as unsettled by my incapability to find explanations for all that occurs in what I believe to be the tangible observable world. Immanuel Kant depicted a noumenal world inexplicable to or by the corporeal being. Talbot is a "demi-Aristotelian" of implicated essences that while they can be abstracted most of us have lost the power to distinguish them. He is careful to remain within theistic dogma as he never directly challenges a spiritual imperative. The holographic model of vision infers an undefined, omnipotent presence(s) at the impetus of all phenomena; any differences are attributable to how our cognition unfolds. I will grant under the premises of this theory, most of the knowledge I have acquired over the years, and nearly all I have retained does serve as interfering influences to objective acceptance of all of his postulations regarding the holographic paradigm. The first two chapters of Mr. Talbot's book appear completely supportable by conventional scientific principles. Thereafter, he progressively moves from speculative to the metaphysical to the numinous and protean spirituality, by the time he reached his concluding sections my mind had turned to stone. Although out of body/ near death experience is foreign to me, I have no doubt personal encounters would result in an entirely different outlook. Likewise, stigmata, telekinesis and the plausibility of multiple parallel universes are all intriguing, but Mr. Talbot simply did not present explanations I found to be anymore valid than those we currently find questionable. It was his discussion of synchronicities, those coincidences that are so unusual and so meaningful they could hardly be attributed to chance alone that compelled me to try to soften my brain's rigidity. For inexplicable reasons, two subjects in the book made very strong impressions upon me although neither area was of significant length or major importance: the physical properties of neutrino subatomic particles that seem to morph to correspond to the physicists interpretations of them, and the minds' ability to create what we see while not necessarily generating an accurate reproduction of what we think we are observing. As I sat down to submit this review for at least the fourth time, I happened upon a copy of a popular science magazine where the two lead stories were concerned with the very same subjects. Quite possibly, enhanced awareness of newly or recently discovered information would typically result in heightened awareness, yet the confluence of events does infer reevaluation with reduced incredulity. As Talbot states "science already accepts what is probable about very important matters if those matters fall into the category of "fashionable things to believe" but not if they fall into the category of "unfashionable things to believe." My categorical dismissal just might be recalcitrance to change. Nothing is lost by reading the book. You may end up seeing things that were always there.
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Summary: Very Interesting Book
Review: This amazing theory is explained in easy to understand terms. Very thought provoking and certainly made me take a new look at my concepts of reality. The theory of a holographic universe is backed up by years of scientific study and truly facinating. I highly recommend this book to anyone with an open mind seeking explanations about the complex and strange world we live in.
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Summary: A must-read
Review: There is so much in our world that seems to be inexplicable, but the holographic theory fits in so nicely with everything that it's hard not to believe it. The book contains both scientific explanations of the theory as well as real-life examples of how it is applied. If you have imponderable questions about the universe and you enjoy have your brain flipped around inside your head, this is your book.
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Summary: The Holographic Universe
Review: This book is easily one of my favorites. Not only is it extremely well-documented, but very carefully and insightfully arranged. In my opinion, it leaves little wiggling room for the die-hard skeptics, and I appreciate that. Anyone who has always loved fictional accounts of unexplained events will adore this book because of the heavy experimental support that Talbot gives for his conclusions. It reminds us that we don't know everything. Not even close.
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