If string theory is right, the microscopic fabric of our universe is a richly intertwined multidimensional labyrinth within which the strings of the universe endlessly twist and vibrate, rhythmically beating out the laws of the cosmos.
BRIAN GREENEWe do not know whether there are extra dimensions or multiverse. Let’s go forward with the possible ideas that come out of the mathematics. It’s hard for us to imagine a universe that would have no time at all.
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Gravity is matter’s sugar daddy.
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Quantum Mechanics is different. Its weirdness is evident without comparison. It is harder to train your mind to have quantum mechanical tuition, because quantum mechanics shatters our own personal, individual conception of reality
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Free will is the sensation of making a choice. The sensation is real, but the choice seems illusory. Laws of physics determine the future.
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That is, you can have nothingness, absolute nothingness for maybe a tiny fraction of a second, if a second can be defined in that arena, but then it falls apart into a something and an anti-something. And that something is then what we call the universe.
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Cosmology is among the oldest subjects to captivate our species. And it’s no wonder. We’re storytellers, and what could be more grand than the story of creation?
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I like to think that Einstein would look at string theory’s journey and smile, enjoying the theory’s remarkable geometrical features while feeling kinship with fellow travelers on the long and winding road toward unification.
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I like ‘The Simpsons’ quite a lot. I love the irreverent character of the whole show. It’s great.
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Our eyes only see the big dimensions, but beyond those there are others that escape detection because they are so small.
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To tell you the truth, I’ve never met anybody who can envision more than three dimensions. There are some who claim they can, and maybe they can; it’s hard to say.
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A watch worn by a particle of light would not tick at all. Light realizes the dreams of Ponce de Leon and the cosmetics industry: it doesn’t age.
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Art makes us human, music makes us human, and I deeply feel that science makes us human.
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Physicists are more like avant-garde composers, willing to bend traditional rules… Mathematicians are more like classical composers.
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Energy is the ultimate convertable currency.
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There’s no way that scientists can ever rule out religion, or even have anything significant to say about the abstract idea of a divine creator.
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String theory is the most developed theory with the capacity to unite general relativity and quantum mechanics in a consistent manner.
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