The Elegant Universe

[KC]

Here's the link to it online. (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/)

Anyone that has seen this or read the book, or browsed the site: what do you think of it?

[Che NJ]

mind blowing

If you want an up-to-date summary of everything, get this book.

[Seeker]

I haven't read the book, but I have read about the findings discussed on the web page.

I think there are ways of breaking out of the mechanical universe. While it is true that particles will follow the laws of physics, there is a bit of randomness to it all. The way I have heard it explained is that a field of strings can be thought of as a field of probabilities, with some possible outcomes so remote that they almost never happen. For example, there is a remote possibility that an electron will cease to exist for a moment, then pop back into reality a moment later. In theory, particles are disappearing and reappearing all the time, apparently at random.

I propose that it might not be so random. I believe that the nature of consciousness is such that an aware being can manipulate probabilities. In fact, according to Einstein, this should work (http://ds.initiated.com/pentagram%20ritual.html).

[KC]

In fact, according to Einstein, this should work.

Einstein didn't believe in quantum physics. His famous quote:

"God does not play dice."

[Clarksist]

Einstein didn't believe in quantum physics.


Oddly enough, Einstein sort of "drifted" between what he believed was real and not. For instance, he helped sort of invent quantum mechanics, but then felt that wasn't entirely true.

Very smart man.

As for those subjects, I am intensely interested in it all.

I had a discussion with a member of the sect of goths who were convinced that by summoning with black magic, they could kill people. Apparently, one of them had been pissed at his mom (probably because she wouldn't buy him makeup or something) and he did an incantation and she died the next.

Bullshit.

[Seeker]

Einstein did not think the quantum theory was complete and wanted to find a unified theory.

[Pawn Power]

The string theory is the next big step in physics since Einstein’s theory of relativity. Supposedly the string theory will answer everything. Obviously this will be a colossal breakthrough in physics and in all of science.
So…
How much headway has been made on the string theory? Are there any predictions on when it will be solved, in our life time?

[KC]

Einstein did not think the quantum theory was complete and wanted to find a unified theory.

Actually, he didn't believe it to be true at all. His own studies led up to it, but he refused to believe it. "God does not play dice."