Author Topic: String Theory easily explained (Read 13510 times)

tweeter · « **on:** January 19, 2009, 05:36:03 PM »

Can anyone give me a simplified summary of string theory? Everything I read about it online is just too damn complicated. I figured there would be plenty of getbiggers who understand it.

CARTEL · « **Reply #1 on:** January 19, 2009, 05:37:31 PM »

If you pull a string, your sweater will unravel.

liberalismo · « **Reply #2 on:** January 19, 2009, 05:39:01 PM »

No one on this website could give a truly accurate simplified explanation of String Theory incorporating everything important about it in that same summary.

Most people who have no real concept of it will just say things like "the idea that all particles are created by various vibrational expressions of subatomic strings" or "the idea that everything is made up of strings which are expressed at various frequencies", etc. No doubt taken from Wikipedia.

The people who truly know what is known about string theory have an inability to translate it into language that most people can comprehend.

timfogarty · « **Reply #3 on:** January 19, 2009, 05:39:30 PM »

Quote from: tweeter on January 19, 2009, 05:36:03 PM

Can anyone give me a simplified summary of string theory? Everything I read about it online is just too damn complicated. I figured there would be plenty of getbiggers who understand it.

string theory is sooo last millennium. all the cool geeks are now into quantum gravity and quantum time.

Ursus · « **Reply #4 on:** January 19, 2009, 05:40:09 PM »

maybe jonny falcon can explain.

one of the more clued in getbiggers

TrapsMcLats · « **Reply #5 on:** January 19, 2009, 05:41:01 PM »

one second, got something great for you to watch.

240 is Back · « **Reply #6 on:** January 19, 2009, 05:42:53 PM »

Quote from: CARTEL on January 19, 2009, 05:37:31 PM

If you pull a string, your sweater will unravel.

TrapsMcLats · « **Reply #7 on:** January 19, 2009, 05:43:19 PM »

the great michio kaku gives the best explanations for those of us here who aren't theoretical physicists.

part 1:

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liberalismo · « **Reply #8 on:** January 19, 2009, 05:45:31 PM »

Quote from: TrapsMcLats on January 19, 2009, 05:43:19 PM

the great michio kaku gives the best explanations for those of us here who aren't theoretical physicists.

part 1:
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part 2:
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Yes. Probably the best simplified general explanation would last about 30 minutes. But even those really don't explain what it's "really about" or give one the comprehension of it.

CARTEL · « **Reply #9 on:** January 19, 2009, 05:45:52 PM »

Kaku is coocoo for String Theory!

tweeter · « **Reply #10 on:** January 19, 2009, 05:47:24 PM »

Quote from: liberalismo on January 19, 2009, 05:39:01 PM

No one on this website could give a truly accurate simplified explanation of String Theory incorporating everything important about it in that same summary.

Most people who have no real concept of it will just say things like "the idea that all particles are created by various vibrational expressions of subatomic strings" or "the idea that everything is made up of strings which are expressed at various frequencies", etc. No doubt taken from Wikipedia.

The people who truly know what is known about string theory have an inability to translate it into language that most people can comprehend.

Yeah, that seems to be the problem. I hate the idea that I'm just not smart enough to understand something. I really want to understand what its all about.

tweeter · « **Reply #11 on:** January 19, 2009, 05:48:04 PM »

Quote from: TrapsMcLats on January 19, 2009, 05:43:19 PM

the great michio kaku gives the best explanations for those of us here who aren't theoretical physicists.

part 1:
&feature=related

part 2:
&feature=related

part 3:
&feature=related

part 4:
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Thanks man. I'll check these out.

liberalismo · « **Reply #12 on:** January 19, 2009, 06:05:18 PM »

Quote from: tweeter on January 19, 2009, 05:47:24 PM

Yeah, that seems to be the problem. I hate the idea that I'm just not smart enough to understand something. I really want to understand what its all about.

You need to accept that there are multitudes of things in the universe that you will never understand and have no possibility of ever understanding.

Ursus · « **Reply #13 on:** January 19, 2009, 06:10:49 PM »

i can put it in laymans terms liberalismo...i am sure many in getbig can

TacoBell · « **Reply #14 on:** January 19, 2009, 06:13:27 PM »

Yes, if u see a string, she most likely has her period, so in theory, you're getting a blowjay.

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tweeter · « **Reply #16 on:** January 19, 2009, 06:18:56 PM »

Quote from: liberalismo on January 19, 2009, 06:05:18 PM

You need to accept that there are multitudes of things in the universe that you will never understand and have no possibility of ever understanding.

Then how do you explain Johnny Falcon's infinite knowledge of the universe?

Eisenherz · « **Reply #17 on:** January 19, 2009, 06:21:01 PM »

Quote from: TrapsMcLats on January 19, 2009, 05:43:19 PM

the great michio kaku gives the best explanations for those of us here who aren't theoretical physicists.

part 1:
&feature=related

part 2:
&feature=related

part 3:
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part 4:
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I didnt learn shit.
And is this theory saying everything is just vibrations?

GigantorX · « **Reply #18 on:** January 19, 2009, 06:31:15 PM »

Quote from: liberalismo on January 19, 2009, 05:39:01 PM

No one on this website could give a truly accurate simplified explanation of String Theory incorporating everything important about it in that same summary.

Most people who have no real concept of it will just say things like "the idea that all particles are created by various vibrational expressions of subatomic strings" or "the idea that everything is made up of strings which are expressed at various frequencies", etc. No doubt taken from Wikipedia.

The people who truly know what is known about string theory have an inability to translate it into language that most people can comprehend.

Great gimmick.

You are truly a Google warrior.

chaos · « **Reply #19 on:** January 19, 2009, 06:32:47 PM »

Quote from: tweeter on January 19, 2009, 05:36:03 PM

Can anyone give me a simplified summary of string theory? Everything I read about it online is just too damn complicated. I figured there would be plenty of getbiggers who understand it.

You'll be dead long before you figure it out, give up now.

Tesla · « **Reply #20 on:** January 19, 2009, 06:33:47 PM »

The main reason why it's hard to understand string theory is because it's incomplete. At this point it's a series of more or less ad hoc mathematical conjectures about the dynamics of 1-dimensional objects and the goal is to build a world-system from these postulates. No one knows if it is even possible to do so but a lot of people have staked their careers on it. There are many different variants of string theory as well.

I started off doing theoretical physics in grad school but switched over to applied mathematics because of bullshit like string theory. Theoretical physicists are just as prone to fads and fallacies as anyone else and string theory is good evidence of this. There have been a lot of really smart people working on it for a while, to no avail.

If you want to learn some physics you'd be much better served to learn about Newtonian physics, thermodynamics, relativity, stuff that has a solid experimental basis.

ibfasport · « **Reply #21 on:** January 19, 2009, 06:42:12 PM »

I don't know S.T. but there are 7+3+1= 11 dimension

Sam · « **Reply #22 on:** January 19, 2009, 06:44:36 PM »

Heres the man himself

blazer000 · « **Reply #23 on:** January 19, 2009, 06:46:13 PM »

well
here is the deal
atoms are made of protons neutrons and electrons, protons and neutrons being the subatomic particles located in the nucleus. This is where an atoms mass comes from, as, compared to protons and neutrons ( which are basically the same mass) electrons have an extremely small mass. electrons are also very very far away from the nucleus with respect to their size. Liken it to a golf ball in the middle of a football field. So what is an atom mostly made of? Empty space. THEORETICALLY if you ,,for example,,leaned up against a wall for an infinite amount of time, you would pass right through it. Now we all know that wouldn't happen, but, in theory, it is not impossible. String theory has to do with what the actual subatomic particles are made of. This is where my knowledge stops.

liberalismo · « **Reply #24 on:** January 20, 2009, 10:16:03 AM »

Quote from: GigantorX on January 19, 2009, 06:31:15 PM

Great gimmick.

You are truly a Google warrior.

Huh?