shanshee_allures wrote:
Enter Quantum Physics?
From the documentary I saw on the 'Parallel Universe' (and that's as far as my knowledge goes tbh) the theory was mathematically perfect, unless maths needs revising now, or maybe I got the wrong end of it all.
Perfect(ish) as in there is more than one version of string theory mathematically that works. On paper, sure it does, it's maths, its a mechanical 'working through' from base 'assumptions'. Simply, it depends on how you collapse the variables (dimensions-ish) together as to what answer you get/want. None of them however can ever have a physical experiment conducted to prove any of them beyond doubt, ever. So, its all moot, though obviously a valid area of study. Just cos the maths works doesn't mean it's right, its even questionable to say its 'likely'.From the documentary I saw on the 'Parallel Universe' (and that's as far as my knowledge goes tbh) the theory was mathematically perfect, unless maths needs revising now, or maybe I got the wrong end of it all.
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See the book 'Not even wrong' by Peter Woit.
Edit : Also, for some reason, Physicists are a bit shit at declaring their variables, I've never understood why.