The Truman Show: It’s True, Man! builds off the iconic movie The Truman Show and guides readers on a thought-provoking journey into the universe and reality that we experience. Why was this an important book for you to write? 

Because if the physics experts are correct and we are living in a hologram, many of our beliefs about how the Universe works need to be examined and revised accordingly. For example, most people spend a lot of time resisting and trying to change the experiences they encounter. But if we live in a hologram, by definition, those experiences are not created by us inside the hologram, but by someone or something OUTSIDE the hologram — and that’s not us, so we can’t create, change or control the experiences we have. The only thing we can create, change or control is our reaction or response to those experiences, not the experiences themselves. So, there is no point wasting time bitching and moaning about the lousy poker hand we were dealt; we should be focusing all our time and energy on how we want to play that hand instead. And that’s just one example of how living in a hologram requires us to adapt our lives accordingly.

Did you find anything in your research of this book that surprised you?

Absolutely! I’ve been researching quantum physics and the holographic universe for about 30 years, and the surprises started with what is called the Double Slit Experiment, first performed in a rudimentary fashion by Thomas Young in 1801. As a result of that experiment, and many more to follow over the years, we learned that what we have always thought of as solid matter actually exists in wave form until it’s observed and converted into a particle. That’s why, when you view a hologram from the outside, you can pass your hand through it as if nothing was there. But if you are inside the hologram (as we are in this universe), the hologram feels and acts very solid and real. (I do not go into the Double Slit Experiment specifically in The Truman Show: It’s True, Man! Book, because it is not necessary to understand The Truman Show movie.)

The other big surprise occurred while actually writing the book, and that was learning a new English word: Demiurge. It turns out Plato used this word way back in 360 B.C. in one of his dialogues called “Timaeus,” where the demiurge is presented as the creator of the universe rather than God. It made so much sense to me that a loving, caring, omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent God would not create the kind of world we see when we look around today at all the pain and suffering and broken systems. It makes more sense to me that a being lower on the chain of command like a Demiurge was responsible for creating this mess. (Most religions believe in a pyramid scheme in the heavens, with different angels and archangels and yazatas (in Zoroastrian heavens).)

What experience in your life has had the biggest impact on your writing?

Over 20 years ago I read and researched nearly 1500 medical and scientific papers and studies about HIV and AIDS and came away knowing, without any doubt, that HIV could not be the cause of AIDS. And that 300,000 young men — mostly homosexual — lost their lives because of the incorrect cause presented to the world at a press conference by a megalomaniac named Dr. Robert Gallo who wanted to win a Nobel Prize for discovering the cause of AIDS. But the world believed Gallo, resulting in a catastrophic epidemic that was totally unnecessary. (AIDS was actually caused by giving a highly toxic cancer drug called AZT as a “cure” to these 300,000 men along with the widespread use of “poppers” by the homosexual community.)

Now, why did this have such an impact on my writing? Two reasons: One, I discovered that there are beliefs we have all adopted that play a major role in determining our behavior that we should re-examine and decide for ourselves whether they are true or not. And two, I had to figure out how to take very difficult and complicated topics and put them into much simpler language for everyone to follow and understand. I then wrote 2 books about HIV and AIDS, and that also stood me in good stead when it came to writing about the holographic universe.

What is one thing that you hope readers take away from The Truman Show: It’s True, Man!?

To be prepared to make drastic changes in their beliefs, opinions, judgments and fears as we discover more and more about the universe we actually live in. Of course, if the physics experts turn out to be wrong and we do NOT live in a hologram, then in the words of Emily Litella on Saturday Night Live, “Nevermind!”

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