Wednesday, May 25, 2005

A THEORY OF NOT QUITE EVERYTHING ———— by Steve Nadis

I understand string theory quite well, save for a few nuances like: what are strings, branes, fluxes, moduli, and vacua? Yet, deep down, I’ve always felt that my understanding wasn’t quite complete. Yesterday I spoke with one of the world’s leading string theorists who told me “string theory is not a complete theory.” So I guess I’m not alone in feeling that my understanding of this so-called “theory of everything” is not complete. In fact, I’m in very good company.
Posted by Snake at 15:51:18
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3 Responses to “A THEORY OF NOT QUITE EVERYTHING ———— by Steve Nadis”

  1. gatemouth says:
    May 25, 2005 at 3:20 pm

    Jeez, Snake–how much simpler could it be? The strings are what comes out of your branes when they get fluxed by a speeding modulus and end up vacuated all over the space-time road. (And since space-time is curved, the strings end up creating what is generally known as a "Hawking Hair-Ball" but is sometimes listed as "Super-String Lo Mein" or "Manifold Nest Soup" on restaurant menus.)

  2. Snake says:
    May 25, 2005 at 3:30 pm

    Thanks, gatemouth. No one bothered to explain it to me in plain English before. Now it makes perfect sense and I can truthfully say that my understanding is "compleat."

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