The ny times article itself is of a much higher quality. The holographic principle has been established for decades now. HN is not the place where you will find useful discussions on physics.
For one thing, our universe is not an anti-deSitter space, and the attempts to move the AdS models to flat space have not been successful, so far.
If you have a reference showing that the holographic “principle” conforms to objective reality, please post it.
I am a physics novice too, but I am familiar with Electro magnetic field theory and special relativity. Any physics discussion on HN is bike shedding, if not outright wrong. Veritasium on YouTube is probably the best educational physics resource out there.