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- GabrielDunn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+20I digg most PBS programming. I have seen about 2/3 of this so far and it's very cool. Much of it is over my head, but they break it down well.
- rnichilo, on 10/10/2007, -2/+19string theory? DIGG
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16Is this the same series that was released four years ago?
If so, it is definitely worth the watch. - Scienceisfun, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9String theory is indeed an elegant and incredibly sophisticated description of our universe, but to date this is really only a theory -- it's not like relativity or quantum mechanics, which have miles of empirical evidence backing them up, string theory really is, for the moment, exclusively the realm of a theoretician. I think string theory is amazing, and a brilliant approach to the dream of unification, but without evidence, one must retain a healthy dose of skepticism about themselves, lest you start taking the theory on faith. Proof by elegance is hardly satisfactory -- Kepler was convinced that our solar system could be described by associating planetary orbits with each of the five regular polyhedra. Maxwell's equations would look so much more elegant if we allowed magnetic monopoles, and would have the added benefit of explaining charge quantization ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_monopole ). Today we know Kepler was wrong, and we're pretty sure on the monopoles, no matter how elegant they seemed. I hope future tests at CERN show that string theory is on the right track, but I also hope that if they don't people aren't afraid to seriously reexamine the theory, without simply claiming that they actually just needed yet another bigger particle accelerator.
- Godlike, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Digg is enough intelligent people and retards coming together under a common flag just long enough to flame each other.
- flygirl62, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Just in case you don't recognize the name, the "miniseries" aired a few years ago and, as a whole, is actually called "The Elegant Universe" based on the book of the same name by Brian Greene. Greene, himself, hosts it.
- jull1234, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8err, its called "The Elegant Universe"
- atomicwedgie, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Downloaded all of this a long time ago and this reminder will have me DIGGing it out again. :)
- h00ligan, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6oh yah.. Kevin Rose - try using the search feature on DIGG.
http://www.digg.com/search?section=all&s=elegant+u ...
Buried for dupe. - gregmo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I wish i could digg this more than once. This is my favorite of the NOVA series. A worthwhile watch the whole way through without a doubt
- saifatlast, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5That movie is nothing but a bunch of pseudoscience crap.
- Scienceisfun, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4While he may have lacked grace in stating his point, SirZRX does have one. To date, there is no empirical evidence to back string theory up. Now, to be fair, that was true of general relativity as well for about 45 years after Einstein came up with it. However, Einstein did offer circumstances in which one could test the predictions of relativity against those made by Newtonian mechanics. String theorists have yet to come up with a similar definitive list, though again, I concede that to test string theory directly you may have to look inside a black hole, or look on seriously subatomic scales, both of which are well out of the reach of our technology. I have no qualms with string theory, so long as we don't start believing in it on faith alone. Because then it ceases to be science and it becomes, well, you know...
- thespanielator, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-theory
it's more of an overview of them. - carkmouch, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Strange, I was just thinking about this at the breakfast table.
This is a very good series BTW, thanks for posting! - scrimaxinc, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5Hasn''t the scientific community (for the most part) already debunked string theory and moved to the more probably m theory?
- jguy584, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I dug your comment up by accident, like saifa said, the movies and book are just BS. Its make by some crazy cult, started by a women who thinks she met god in her kitchen back in the early 80's.
- theenginedriver, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2If you're looking for more spooky physics, read about the "Anthropic principle."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle - CheapDigWannbe, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Why can't they ***** use Flash or Divx Or something....
- alive1, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Dude, thinking about "science per dollar" will get us nowhere. Who decides if theory A or B has to be funded, if they are both probable but not yet (un)proven. You?
- TypeEE, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Works for me.
- flygirl62, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Yes. The series, as a whole, is known as "The Elegant Universe"
- gautamf1, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Now how abt that Einstein-Rosenberg bridge
Sliders ... here i come - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I've seen this two times. It's a very interesting miniseries. Well worth the watch.
- dmoney22, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3hey, strings hold my shoes together. they must be able to hold the universe together.
- romistrub, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2a la Brian Greene?
- SuperGreen420, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1torrent.
http://thepiratebay.org/tor/3517682/The_Elegant_Un ... - jmars004, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I love this series. I also enjoyed this article in Discover Magazine about how they are continuing to study this idea. http://discovermagazine.com/2007/feb/cover/?search ...
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2I have a headache :(
- slapded, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1the only sliders i care for have pickles and little grilled onions on them
- Scienceisfun, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Well M theory simply encompasses the various string theories (as alternative descriptions of the same thing) within its framework. Plus they talk about the unification of those separate theories into M theory in the documentary.
- voxel, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Sounds like you have a firm grasp on the concepts of spacetime...
- thecolor11, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1As far as I know, there are no proposed methods of testing string theory at CERN or anywhere else for that matter.
- thecolor11, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Yes, but then the question is, why are we funding research on string theory, which is in my opinion (without any testable hypotheses) not even a scientific theory. There are, however a great number of fields in physics that are making extraordinary progress on real theories (see dark matter, CMB, metamaterials, quantum information, nonlinear processes...). If our goal in physics funding is to get the most science per dollar, then I don't see the point of funding string theory so heavily.
- scrimaxinc, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2I thought string theory was out and m theory was in. That's what the Asian professor guy in every discovery show ever told me.
- stupergenius, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4I like strings, especially red ones...
- llamaguy132, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I saw this on the Science channel a few years ago, blew my mind. Forget drugs, this show will leave you deep in thought.
- h00ligan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1http://tinyurl.com/2uc4ju - sorry - url was clipped.
- sardion2000, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2String Theory isn't a Theory it's a Model.
A Theory isn't JUST anything either. It's as close to a Fact you can get in Science. You're probably thinking of Hypothesis. They usually get mixed around by Laypeople. - Claypool741, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Are there any youtube or google video links to the same video because I don't want force my self to download quick time on my pc
- jull1234, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yes.
- JoeRW, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1-deleted
- TypeEE, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Good for you, I don't seems to get what string theory is. I don't get how strings can stretch into big branes, I don't get how the string theory can bridge the gap between relativity and quantum mechanics. I don't get how the 11th dimension could have be the answer to the 5 different variation of string theory.
I might not be smart, but I feel like being spoon fed with information without explanation. Or may be it's too complex to explain. - Godlike, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Theory does not mean unproven or unaccepted. A theory does not 'become' a 'law'. The two have nothing to do with each other.
- aerogant, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory#Theories_as_.2 ...
- h00ligan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1this has been there for YEARS - so i'm a bit confused as to why it's posted. The book is better IMHO.
- voxel, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1the Large Hadron Collider at CERN due to go online summer 2008 could provide evidence towards higher dimensionality, which would thereby add credibility to the idea that there is more to our universe than the 3 dimensions we experience. So yes, there are no proposed methods of testing string theory directly, but there are ways of indirectly testing what string theory implies.
- TypeEE, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1How heavily?
- thecolor11, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Well, the point is someone does. Someone at the NSF or another funding agency makes these kinds of decisions. We spend a finite amount of money per year on science, and I think we should at least have some rational basis for funding one thing or another. I am fine with funding crazy unproven theories, but at some point you decide it was just a dead end. I think most lay people have this idea that most physicists agree with string theory. This is absolutely not true. String theory is the butt of many jokes in the physics community.
- TypeEE, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1If you watched the video, you would not have make that comment because m theory is just an explanation to consolidate 5 different version of string theories.
- StayPuft21, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Oldie, but Goodie worthy of a Digg.
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