Is empty space made of 1-dimensional strings?

[John J. Bannan]

If so, how?

 

[BenTheMan]

Yes.

GR is an effective field theory of string theory.

Think of it like those French impresionist paintings. When you're far away, the painting is nice and smooth. The closer you get, the more it looks like just a mess of brush strokes.

 

[Enmos]

John did you go and see that video I pasted in the other thread ?

 

[blobrana]

>>"French impresionist paintings."

Hum,
But no Pointalism.

 

[BenTheMan]

No, I'm thinking more of ``Water Lillies''.

 

[John J. Bannan]

John did you go and see that video I pasted in the other thread ?

The first four minutes of it. I'll watch the rest later.

 

[John J. Bannan]

Yes.

GR is an effective field theory of string theory.

Think of it like those French impresionist paintings. When you're far away, the painting is nice and smooth. The closer you get, the more it looks like just a mess of brush strokes.

Are the 1-dimensional strings in empty space vibrating?

 

[Enmos]

The first four minutes of it. I'll watch the rest later.

Ok, because that video answer the question you ask here perfectly.
I will post it here also, so you don't have to look for the other one.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/brian_greene_on_string_theory.html

 

[Myles]

>>"French impresionist paintings."

Hum,
But no Pointalism.

What point are you tryingto make ?

 

[John J. Bannan]

Ok, because that video answer the question you ask here perfectly.
I will post it here also, so you don't have to look for the other one.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/brian_greene_on_string_theory.html

Thanks.

 

[Myles]

If so, how?

Empty space is made of emptiness.

 

[John J. Bannan]

Empty space is made of emptiness.

Others say it's made of 1-dimensional strings. Moreover, it expands.

 

[John J. Bannan]

Yes.

GR is an effective field theory of string theory.

Think of it like those French impresionist paintings. When you're far away, the painting is nice and smooth. The closer you get, the more it looks like just a mess of brush strokes.

So, what's the difference between the 1-dimensional strings that make up empty space and the 1-dimensional strings that make up matter?

 

[fadingCaptain]

Different vibrations.

 

[John J. Bannan]

Different vibrations.

And why should one vibration make matter appear, but another vibration make empty space?

 

[John J. Bannan]

Ok, because that video answer the question you ask here perfectly.
I will post it here also, so you don't have to look for the other one.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/brian_greene_on_string_theory.html

I watched the video. So, are you saying that empty space and matter are both made of the same thing, but that they are 1-dimensional strings that vibrate differently?

 

[Enmos]

I watched the video. So, are you saying that empty space and matter are both made of the same thing, but that they are 1-dimensional strings that vibrate differently?

Like I said before, I'm not exactly an authority on string theory.
What I know is what I see and hear from it.
Brain Green IS an authority in the particular area though (the dude in the video).

 

[blobrana]

Yes,
The implication is that a particle in one location can pop out of existence, and turn into space or time, or another completely different particle.

 

[John J. Bannan]

Like I said before, I'm not exactly an authority on string theory.
What I know is what I see and hear from it.
Brain Green IS an authority in the particular area though (the dude in the video).

So, is that how you understand it? That empty space and matter is made of the same thing, which is just different vibrations of 1 dimensional strings?

 

[John J. Bannan]

Yes,
The implication is that a particle in one location can pop out of existence, and turn into space or time, or another completely different particle.

So, is the one-dimensional string just the entry of our brane onto the surface of another higher dimensional object? Sort of like an imaginary plane moving through a hollow ball, and the intersection of the plane and ball would be the 1-dimensional string?