Posted on 01/25/2008 12:20:07 PM PST by RightWhale
A new scientific satellite to be launched, and string theory is still not as dead as some have said.
Not a lot here, but some really heavy and hugh strings.
Seriesly.
If 'cosmic string' proves to be better than the "Stren" mono-filament I'm using now, I'll buy some and start filling my fishing reels with it.
So are these the “Dark Matter” which cosmologists say the Universe is full of but they can’t actually see and don’t know what it is?
Here’s hoping the Kosmic Kat doesn’t notice the cosmic ball of string.
String theory is definitely not dead. I thought, however, that cosmic strings have nothing to do with super strings. But not being a physicist I will have to withhold final judgment on that.
No, dark matter and dark energy are other unexplainable things used to explain things when no other explanation seems adequate.
But can Cosmic String detect trip wires like Silly String can? Could Silly String tie up the Universe (yes, but only until it dissolves and it'll leave a stain.)
I was hoping they’d find cosmic Slinkys...
As i understand(?) string theory, everything in the universe is made up of strings, so how can they be billions of lightyears away? Aren’t we sittin’ on ‘em?
What might be amusing is the anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background which might be a local phenomenon. Really local.
“Cosmic strings are predicted by high energy physics theories, including superstring theory. This is based on the idea that particles are not just little points, but tiny vibrating bits of string Cosmic strings are predicted to have extraordinary amounts of mass - perhaps as much as the mass of the Sun - packed into each metre of a tube whose width is less a billion billionth of the size of an atom.”
ME: Now, can somebody please explain to me why this is a more “reasonable” or “logical” explanation of the universe than divine intervention? On its face, this is nonsense.
Short version: Physicists make sh** up as they go along.
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According to some proposals, in the higher dimensions we might indeed be sittin’ on ‘em.
This has nothing to do with reason but with mathematics. These people are all cartesians.
LOL! Well said, RW.
I think aliens are landing in my back yard. I saw a strange track in the snow this morning. We need to set up an observation site equipped with the latest sensors including side looking radar to see if this is true. I can corral some PhD to help if I get enough grant money.
Mathematics is used to speak science.
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