[ballerturfali]

The further I get into String physics, the more a fundamental truth becomes apparent: Everything is made up of exactly nothing.

Think about it. Atoms are mostly empty space. All of the 'messenger particles' are massless. And now string theory seems to be telling us that all mass is simply space folded in on itself (becoming anti-space, so to speak) and vibrating in small, multi-dimensional pockets.

I remember some Tao principles: the mind exists outside of matter, and relates to it through the physical body. Something about these two principles seem to click together.

Maybe space (as in distance) isn't as important as it seems, we just haven't got our minds around it.

[Kneedycrype]

We're all living in a computer generated world, trying to beat the high score...

[ballerturfali]

We're all living in a computer generated world, trying to beat the high score...

Who's hosting?

[ImmimiFruff]

Who's hosting?

Bill gates, duh

[Buyemae]

Well, when someone figures out how to teleport let me know. Until then, I'm going to keep trying to beat the high score. Is this game anything like GTA? Maybe I'm playing it wrong.

[Opinion_counts]

Atoms are mostly empty space.

Space isn't empty though .

All of the 'messenger particles' are massless. The gauge bosons for the weak force are anything but massless; they're about 100 times the mass of a proton. The strong and electromagnetic force are mediated by massless bosons though.

[ballerturfali]

Space isn't empty though .


The gauge bosons for the weak force are anything but massless; they're about 100 times the mass of a proton. The strong and electromagnetic force are mediated by massless bosons though.

Yes, I totally forgot about the GB.

A little OT: Is the Tachyon still supported?

Edit: Actually, space only isn't empty if you consider it at a quantum level. At the atomic level, atoms are pretty much empty space. And Quantum Physics contradicts itself so much that you could consider either/or and be correct.

And then there's gravitons that are closed-loop, massless particles that drift across dimensional planes (thus why gravity is so weak compared to the electro-magnetic force).



*By contradiction, I mean i.e. events cascading before the precipitating event occurs.

[Opinion_counts]

A little OT: Is the Tachyon still supported?

I believe the Standard Model still supports their existence as do plenty of string models don't but from my limited understanding, I think there are problems with field stability when "using" them.

Edit: Actually, space only isn't empty if you consider it at a quantum level. At the atomic level, atoms are pretty much empty space. Even at that level they're not; there are sufficient quantum fluctuations to be noticeable on the atomic scale (e.g. Lamb shift).

And then there's gravitons that are closed-loop, massless particles that drift across dimensional planes (thus why gravity is so weak compared to the electro-magnetic force). Ah, good old brane theory!