Mystery of String Theory Unravelled


	Mystery of String Theory Unravelled

tabsey

1-30-2008 4:59 AM

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tabsey says:

Bloody unreal. We live and learn. (Actually, I learn more than I live, or do I?)

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1-30-2008 7:49 AM

skwirlinator

What separates theory from science fiction?

1-30-2008 9:11 AM

BartendingBear

The issue with string theory is separating science from religion. Science can't prove or disprove the notion, so believers are derided for taking it on faith. That opens them to derision from their unconvinced brethren.

1-30-2008 9:13 AM

skwirlinator

What separates religion from fantasy?

1-30-2008 3:55 PM

abailart

Dr Brian Cox on a brilliant BBC Horizon programme about gravity last night which ended with the search for the 'graviton', after explaining that its invisibility was possibly due to its disappearance into another dimension, said that if the viewer felt bewildered and confused etc. that was no different than how physicists feel. And, he said, the mystery is Beautiful.

1-30-2008 6:56 PM

splendidus

I wanted to look it up on BBC's homepage, but that programme can only be viewed within the UK

I'm looking forward to the international version of the BBC iPlayer...

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follows suit, describing it as ‘an as-yet incomplete mathematical
approach to theoretical physics, whose building blocks are
one-dimensional extended objects called strings, rather than the
zero-dimensional point particles that form the basis for the standard
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