THE BIG GUY -- by Steve Nadis
Last night, I had about 15 minutes before the weather and sports came on at 11:18. So I sent an email to arguably the world's most respected string theorist with a question--related to the project I'm working on--that has been gnawing at me for some time. I heard back from him instantly, before the weather came on, and have spent the better part of the day trying to understand his response. Not that he wasn't clear. No, I'm sure he was perfectly clear in what he said. I just don't have a clue as to what it means. (Which reminds me of a cartoon I liked as a youth: "Mr. Natural, what does it all mean?" "It don' mean shit. It don' mean shit...")
