There are 10 dimensions, I just learned this.
That is all.
There is an infinite number of dimensions.
No, there are 10.
This is interesting and all but it's a physicist's way of looking at dimensions.
Any mathematician will tell you that you can have as many dimensions as you want.
...and that's the bottom line because Mate de Vita said so.
Who controls the past, controls the future. Who controls the present, controls the past.
2010 Nov 18
Rockbomb Dog fucker (but in a good way now)
2009 Nov 13 • 2026
Well I'm talkin' about physics, not math And, as I see it, teleportation as well as time travel is definitely possible, according to that video.
2010 Nov 18
Down Rodeo Cap'n Moth of the Firehouse
2007 Oct 19 • 5404
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According to that video is the problem. There is a theory, like a framework, called String Theory. It purports that in some way the Universe has more spatial dimensions than we can easily observe. Some formulations say ten, others eleven, and there is one that says twenty-six, though only if you are rotating to the right.
Mate de Vita is being a bit sneaky, he was not necessarily talking about spatial dimensions. For instance, finite bodies, essentially anything of normal human size on Earth, live in a six-dimensional space. They have three co-ordinates describing their position relative to some origin and another three describing their rotation, relative to same. If you have two such objects, you can describe them in a twelve-dimensional space. Mathematicians also frequently consider objects in systems with many spatial degrees, it makes life interesting.
The problem is that there are people that just call themselves scientists and then start making shit up to get grants... or possibly fame... or maybe they're just crazy, I don't know. String Theory is a shining example of that.
(Edited 2010 Nov 19)
2010 Nov 19
molkman Owner of George Washington's Prototype Mittens
2005 May 2 • 2035
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Also math is kind of science about stuff that has been created by humans, so you can basically make anything with it. It won't necessarily resemble reality though.
2010 Nov 19
Down Rodeo Cap'n Moth of the Firehouse
2007 Oct 19 • 5404
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String Theory is so unbelievably stupid I'm not even going to make any arguments against it. It'd be like arguing against the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Arguing against it would give it too much credit.
Isn't string theory the one that claims to link general relativity and special relativity??
2010 Nov 20
Down Rodeo Cap'n Moth of the Firehouse
2007 Oct 19 • 5404
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Special and general relativity are entirely consistent, it's quantum mechanics and general relativity that have issues.
In what way is it "stupid"? It's actually rather a neat idea at its core (particles behave like 1D strings trying to minimise the area of their worldsheets, which reflects the Principle of Least Action nicely), but sadly all sorts of things need to be added to make String Theory more consistent with our Universe. It also makes a whole bunch of predictions that are a bit... dodgy. Some very nice symmetries though.
As I mentioned. I won't give it the credit of arguing about it, it's beneath me... and I'll argue about practically anything. Even the name is stupid. It's not a fucking theory. How do they even get off calling it that?
However, we are sneaky physicists. We set a detector covering one hole - imagine a detector exactly covering the hole in the image above, between the mask and the screen. What happens now?
Someone?
...and that's the bottom line because Mate de Vita said so.
Who controls the past, controls the future. Who controls the present, controls the past.
we can't stop here, this is bat country!