[StJacques]

I can only make a quick comment here on string theory, since I just saw your post and I'm about to duck out of here.

I think there are times when the level or degree of speculation about observable phenomena reaches such heights that its utility for a real-world discussion becomes quite low. I recognize that string theory presents some significant challenges in physics and that there is a fair chance that its basic tenets will be proven someday, but I do not believe we can effectively incorporate it into a discussion of phenomena in the physical sciences outside of the principal issues it sought to address in its formulation; calculations of gravitational force using values of zero, etc.

I don't mean to knock string theory here, I just find it difficult to discuss it within the present context.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you so much for your reply!

I don't mean to knock string theory here, I just find it difficult to discuss it within the present context.

We've got a deal as far as I'm concerned. We'll put it on the back burner along with cosmic ancestry. Later, if the conversation "goes to" looking for a physical causation for communication in biological systems, we can pick up cosmic ancestry. Likewise, if the conversation "goes to" looking for a physical causation for Brownian motion, we can pick up the geometry of string theory.