Fiz-Icks

So, over at Chad's space, they're having a big row over String theory and how it's either this hopeless morass of bad science and a dead end or it's the greatest thing since sliced bread, and I feel the need to add my two cents, despite being totally unqualified to even think about holding an opinion. But hey, saying stupid shit about topics you're totally clueless on is the American Way, yah?

String theory comes to us after decades of chasing our own tails in the name of Einstein's grand unified theory as best as I can tell. It wants to be the single theory from which all others can be derived, and sum up the universe in one handy little equation in the same way E=mc^2 looks like a simple and inviting little equation explaining how matter and energy relate (and it's a fucking iceberg kids, that equation only looks simple, to really be useful you have to expand it out to it's component parts, which are large and complex).

( In which I expound on matters outside of my relevant experience and education. And use the Royal 'we' a lot. )

So I just have to wonder, are we looking in the right place? Maybe the answer is right in front of us. Of course, people far more intelligent and better educated than I am have been banging their heads on this particular brick wall for decades, so what do I know?

Fiz-Icks

So, over at Chad's space, they're having a big row over String theory and how it's either this hopeless morass of bad science and a dead end or it's the greatest thing since sliced bread, and I feel the need to add my two cents, despite being totally unqualified to even think about holding an opinion. But hey, saying stupid shit about topics you're totally clueless on is the American Way, yah?

String theory comes to us after decades of chasing our own tails in the name of Einstein's grand unified theory as best as I can tell. It wants to be the single theory from which all others can be derived, and sum up the universe in one handy little equation in the same way E=mc^2 looks like a simple and inviting little equation explaining how matter and energy relate (and it's a fucking iceberg kids, that equation only looks simple, to really be useful you have to expand it out to it's component parts, which are large and complex).

( In which I expound on matters outside of my relevant experience and education. And use the Royal 'we' a lot. )

So I just have to wonder, are we looking in the right place? Maybe the answer is right in front of us. Of course, people far more intelligent and better educated than I am have been banging their heads on this particular brick wall for decades, so what do I know?

Fiz-Icks

So, over at Chad's space, they're having a big row over String theory and how it's either this hopeless morass of bad science and a dead end or it's the greatest thing since sliced bread, and I feel the need to add my two cents, despite being totally unqualified to even think about holding an opinion. But hey, saying stupid shit about topics you're totally clueless on is the American Way, yah?

String theory comes to us after decades of chasing our own tails in the name of Einstein's grand unified theory as best as I can tell. It wants to be the single theory from which all others can be derived, and sum up the universe in one handy little equation in the same way E=mc^2 looks like a simple and inviting little equation explaining how matter and energy relate (and it's a fucking iceberg kids, that equation only looks simple, to really be useful you have to expand it out to it's component parts, which are large and complex).

( In which I expound on matters outside of my relevant experience and education. And use the Royal 'we' a lot. )

So I just have to wonder, are we looking in the right place? Maybe the answer is right in front of us. Of course, people far more intelligent and better educated than I am have been banging their heads on this particular brick wall for decades, so what do I know?