Adapted for the Internet from: Why God Doesn't Exist |
Strings are not tied, but they vibrate |
Fig. 2 |
Fig 1 Tensions are high: The supernatural string of String Theory |
The string theorist begins the presentation by pointing to a 1-D string. He states that the string is 1-D because there is no up/down or left/right on it. The string is 1-D because you can only move back and forth along it. They are describing a concept and not an object. There is no object that is 1-D. Suddenly, the string morphs from a concept to an object. The string theorist tells us that the string is held at the ends for no reason and the center begins to vibrate like a plucked guitar cord. Now the string is no longer mathematically 1-D. The string has suddenly encroached on a second mathematical dimension. In the illustration, the 1-D string has converted into the 2-D string. Point B on the string could initially be specified with the mathematical ‘coordinate’ (2). Now B is must be specified with the ordered pair (2, 3). The mathematicians have in effect amended their assumptions retroactively. |
I think I'm going to give you two swindlers and your snake a good whack with my scepter! |
The string of String Theory is a magical entity that embodies every possible contradiction. Theorists proclaim a string to be the tiniest length imaginable, but then the string stretches as necessary to accommodate any theory. The string is purportedly under tension, but then, it is a malleable entity that grows, bends, coils, and forms closed and opened loops to suit the theorist’s wishes. According to the mathematicians, the string is one-dimensional: it seems to have only width. But then it encroaches on other dimensions when it vibrates or loops around. To top it off, string theorists claim that the vacuum that serves as a backdrop and gives shape to the string is also made of strings. Oh. I almost forgot. String Theorists are asking anyone with a generous heart to finance an experiment that would enable them to see a 1-D string and thus prove their theory. [Sure! Why not? Here’s a nickel! Catch!] |