Never mind the videos, I know enough about
String Theory to know I hate it, and I hope it
is supplanted.

I mean, ten dimensions? (11?) 6-7 of them all
"bundled up", or something?

Chrissake, I thought the most reliable theories
were in essence SIMPLE. Well, String Theory
ain't simple, and the last I read was that its
leading authorities, such as Edward Witten,
were saying the math was so complicated it
might not be all put together for another 50 years. 50!

Furthermore, a big strike against String Theory
is that in all this time it has made NO predictions
subject to experimental verification.

Since it became been the focus of intense study
in the mid-1960s you would think it might by now
have produced a little something for the guys with
the colliders and telescopes.

But no: it has not.

My best hope for the damn thing is that it proves
useful in the formulation of a more incisive theory,
somewhat as Lorenz-Fitzgerald contraction was
useful to Special Relativity.

For the time being the area at the edge of physics
which I find most interesting is Bell's Inequality,
which IS subject to experiment.

I wish I was smart enough to grasp it better.

Mr. drgoodtrips, I commend Prof. Bell to your attention.

You could probably grasp all that I cannot, and I think
it would interest you.

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