tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post110603480208082883..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: String theory quotesSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-34034541121242562582009-06-06T11:42:43.102-04:002009-06-06T11:42:43.102-04:00Try this way of differentiating intellectual activ...Try this way of differentiating intellectual activity: All human ideas are supernatural until proven to describe physical reality. Some content is permanently supernatural (gods, philosophy, politics); other ideas must wait for experimental proof; other ideas remain supernatural due to our inability to accept them (sun centered planetary system). Others, like evolution, are accepted as proven by Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-641239512970431422008-05-19T23:28:00.000-04:002008-05-19T23:28:00.000-04:00AND i would like to add a quoteI wouldn't have tho...AND i would like to add a quote<BR/><BR/>I wouldn't have thought that a wrong theory should lead us to understand better the ordinary quantum field theories or to have new insights about the quantum states of black holes. <BR/><BR/>qoute by Ed Witten who made M-theoryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-39697554623433213892008-05-19T23:24:00.000-04:002008-05-19T23:24:00.000-04:00have any of you idiots heard of a particle acceler...have any of you idiots heard of a particle accelerator? string theorists are getting close to discovering super symmetry of sparticles and the disappearance of a graviton from one universe to another parrellel one right on the other side of a brane. so how are these two close to being proven evidences any less scientific than your views, and god, alot of you believe in god but the very mention isAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1108432540982401612005-02-14T20:55:00.000-05:002005-02-14T20:55:00.000-05:00When you think about it, the arguments string theo...When you think about it, the arguments string theorists have in favor of string theory boil down to <br /><br />1. It's like really beautiful and elegant.<br /><br />2. We've tried really hard, but we just can't think of anything else it could be.<br /><br />Now that's a pretty open and shut case. I mean historically, when the preeminent scientists of the day had an (to their eyes) elegant Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1106110478265576892005-01-18T23:54:00.000-05:002005-01-18T23:54:00.000-05:00Hi Steve,
For us low energy folks, it doesn't mat...Hi Steve,<br /><br />For us low energy folks, it doesn't matter if it's strings or branes or any high energy theory. I don't commpletely discount its importance but "The theory of everything" may not be able to explain everything. In a shameless promotion of my new blog on the block - sciencehouse.blogspot.com, I just posted an entry on this topic.<br /><br />best,<br />CarsonCarson C. Chowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08464737817585277975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1106089026810481352005-01-18T17:57:00.000-05:002005-01-18T17:57:00.000-05:00Steve - great site. I've always felt that string ...Steve - great site. I've always felt that string theory fails the Karl Popper test of <I>falsifiability</I> ... at least so far. And the common mantra, "String theory predicts gravity", is for obvious reasons not very satisfying. I'm glad to see that FAR more qualified individuals (than me) hold that same view.Calculated Riskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08664541332908374389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1106070947720107942005-01-18T12:55:00.000-05:002005-01-18T12:55:00.000-05:00"I will probably write a post at some point about ..."I will probably write a post at some point about how scientific fields which run through fallow experimental periods longer than 20 years (the length of a person's academic career) are in danger of falling into the traps which beset the humanities and social sciences."<br /><br />This will be welcome, but why include the humanities? Is there a theory of painting or poetry that you have in mind,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1106069705326645662005-01-18T12:35:00.000-05:002005-01-18T12:35:00.000-05:00Oops - Bourdieu not Bordieu!Oops - Bourdieu not Bordieu!Steve Hsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1106068974118828082005-01-18T12:22:00.000-05:002005-01-18T12:22:00.000-05:00We are living through a very bad time in particle ...We are living through a very bad time in particle theory. Without significant experimental guidance all we are left with is speculation and social dynamics driving the field. I hope things will get better when LHC data starts coming in - at least, most of the models currrently under consideration will be ruled out (although, of course, not string theory :-)<br /><br />I will probably write a postSteve Hsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1106065518455371002005-01-18T11:25:00.000-05:002005-01-18T11:25:00.000-05:00This is fun; as was the PBS series on string theor...This is fun; as was the PBS series on string theory. Think on :)<br /><br />AnneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1106060352526900872005-01-18T09:59:00.000-05:002005-01-18T09:59:00.000-05:00I agree with your view.
The "positive" aspects of...I agree with your view.<br /><br />The "positive" aspects of string theory approach:<br /><br />* One should explore all options. Well, for the recent landscape business, maybe at least testable, though, of course, it will not rule out string theory.<br />* String theory is useful for those with paticle physics background to pick up good mathematics.<br /><br />Some other comments (my particle Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com