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String field theory could be the foundation of quantum mechanics

1 posted on 11/09/2014 4:39:03 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

Am I the only one who finds it odd that there is a field of study (quantum mechanics) for which the “foundation” of it is as of yet not certain?


3 posted on 11/09/2014 4:44:50 PM PST by vladimir998
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To: SunkenCiv

Great news, Sheldon can go back to it.


5 posted on 11/09/2014 4:48:15 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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To: SunkenCiv

Speaking of spooky action: How do they know there is are two particles occupying multiple states at once?


7 posted on 11/09/2014 4:53:53 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: SunkenCiv

The problem with string theory is its lack of predictive ability. The equations have so many arbitrary parameters that it can model basically anything.

M-theory has been around for a long time (since 1995). It constrains some values forthose arbitrary parameters, but the model still doesn’t have any real predictive ability. It’s a nice mathematical framework, but that’s all it really offers.

It’s like saying “climate change is a scientific theory”. Ok, so climate will change. Granted. So from that hypothesis tell me what you the mean world temperature will be in 50 years from now. String theory has the same problem.


8 posted on 11/09/2014 4:58:02 PM PST by Gideon7
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My cat is a big supporter of the string theory.


10 posted on 11/09/2014 4:59:51 PM PST by BipolarBob
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To: SunkenCiv

String theory is knot easy to understand.

Ba-da-dum.

Thank you, I’ll be here all week. Tip your wait staff.


16 posted on 11/09/2014 5:22:31 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: SunkenCiv

Love reading these articles.... I don’t understand them but for some reason I still love reading them.


19 posted on 11/09/2014 6:56:20 PM PST by Bullish (A 5 year old could run the country better than Obama.)
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To: SunkenCiv

These chips of almost nothing stacked together add up to a great big universe. How deep does the almost nothing go? Would you eventually run into the problem of being too small to have any physicality at all?


24 posted on 11/09/2014 7:23:12 PM PST by AceMineral (One day men will beg for chains.)
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To: SunkenCiv
...open the door to using string field theory—or a broader version of it, called M-theory—as the basis of all physics...this is new? - I thought String Theory was invented to bring together quantum mechanics and Newtonian physics.....
27 posted on 11/09/2014 9:03:08 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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To: SunkenCiv

29 posted on 11/10/2014 3:24:59 AM PST by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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