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oddeye
Canada716 Posts
I tried to explain it to someone myself and no matter how hard I tried he wouldn't understand anything over the 4th dimension saying it was bullshit (perhaps it is...). So well this flash is a great explanation to the String Theory, I recommand watching it if you have time on your hand. http://tenthdimension.com/flash2.php | ||
thedeadhaji
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Smurg
Canada3819 Posts
On December 07 2006 17:50 thedeadhaji wrote: the leading string theorists are now starting to think that string theory wont hold up though. Ahh, scissor theory. | ||
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Mindcrime
United States6899 Posts
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
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pr0n
United States277 Posts
On December 07 2006 17:48 oddeye wrote: "String theory is a model of fundamental physics whose building blocks are one-dimensional extended objects (strings) rather than the zero-dimensional points (particles) that are the basis of the Standard Model of particle physics." I tried to explain it to someone myself and no matter how hard I tried he wouldn't understand anything over the 4th dimension saying it was bullshit (perhaps it is...). So well this flash is a great explanation to the String Theory, I recommand watching it if you have time on your hand. http://tenthdimension.com/flash2.php Since it is physically impossible for the human mind to visually comprehend anything beyond the 3rd spacial dimension, that would be the likely response by most people. Also, welcome to the 1990s. | ||
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dancefayedance!~
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Haemonculus
United States6980 Posts
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sith
United States2474 Posts
Go read Brian Greene's books. Elegant Universe + The Fabric of the Cosmos. Very informative. | ||
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useLess
United States4781 Posts
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ieatkids5
United States4628 Posts
Rofl Just curious - why don't they think the string theory will hold up? | ||
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HeadBangaa
United States6512 Posts
So... invoking "string theory" is when you explain physical phenomenon in the context of n-dimensions, where 1<n<10 ? Just sounds like a formal definition of reference points. I thought string theory was, well, highly theoretical. If I'm right (which I'm probably not, this is my first exposure to details on the topic), it simply looks like a method to reduce verbose explanations of conditional branches with respect to time. | ||
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skyglow1
New Zealand3962 Posts
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EAGER-beaver
Canada2799 Posts
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garandou
Germany518 Posts
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aseq
Netherlands4025 Posts
On December 07 2006 19:36 garandou wrote: As my math prof used to say: Imagining higher dimensions is easy. First, you have one dimension. The second dimension is perpendicular to the first one, the third dimension is perpendicular to the second dimension. Now, the fourth dimension is simply perpendicular to the third dimension, the fifth perpendicular to the fourth, and so on.... Every next dimension is perpendicular to ALL preceding ones, otherwise some could coincide. | ||
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ic.Ichigo101
United States152 Posts
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KodoU-
United States129 Posts
On December 07 2006 19:36 garandou wrote: As my math prof used to say: Imagining higher dimensions is easy. First, you have one dimension. The second dimension is perpendicular to the first one, the third dimension is perpendicular to the second dimension. Now, the fourth dimension is simply perpendicular to the third dimension, the fifth perpendicular to the fourth, and so on.... First off, I dont even understand, What is 1D. I know 2D and 3D but not 1D, and your math prof. Did he ever try to convince you parallel lines can cross? because, mine tried, and im still stumped. | ||
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azndsh
United States4447 Posts
![[image loading]](http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/string_theory.png) String theory is one possible explanation to the way things work. Some guy came up with it, and decided that it wasn't completely contradicted by the observable universe. Still I think it's too complicated to be right. On December 07 2006 19:44 aseq wrote: Every next dimension is perpendicular to ALL preceding ones, otherwise some could coincide. That's because you're restricting yourself to three dimensions, thus they don't coincide when you add new dimensions. | ||
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BuGzlToOnl
United States5918 Posts
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