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Posted May. 9, 2008, 12:14 a.m. PT
Physicist Hottie Nima Arkani-Hamed To Explore 11th Dimension
By Ann Magnuson
One of today's lead stories on CNN.com is on handsome particle physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed and Switzerland's Large Hadron Collider . According to the story, if the multi-billion dollar collider is successful, it "may change ideas of spacetime for the first time since Einstein." Of course, some people also think that the particle collision that is slated to occur this fall (in an experiment that National Geographic calls "the hunt for the God particle") could also create a black hole and swallow the earth and our own galaxy up in the process. Fascinating, as Mr. Spock would say. All the more so since it was just yesterday I was watching a slew of YouTube videos on string theory and M-theory. This Ten Dimensions video posted below was one of my faves.
Harvard prof Arkani-Hamed has been working for years on theories of an 11th dimension, a concept my poor little brain can barely wrap itself around (not without the help of a shamanistic brew). Ten I can sort of, kind of understand. But 11? Holy Indra's Net! Spock, explain! Proof may come when the Large Hadron Collider, they hope, detects "particles slipping in and out of the dimensions that Arkani-Hamed has worked on describing." Can time travel be far behind? Or is David Lynch already onto that via TM?
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yeah well thats always been my theory,that they will create something which will rip th fabric of space and time apart ,thus swallowing the earth .....considering everything else we have done to the earth I guess it would not matter....just think of all the radiation fallout from those "safe" nuclear testings.Im surprised they have not already shifted the earths axis some how .......slowly hurtling us out into the depths of space...or toward the sun.We are just to damn smart for our own good ...ignorance is bliss!
Posted at 1:35 p.m. PT on May 09, 2008 by randy focazio
FYI: That video, though interesting, has little basis in scientific fact. It would be a great explanation, but its underlying theory isn't representative of anything in string/M theory and is more philosophical than scientific.
There are a lot of neat videos that are much more accurate, for example the Elegant Universe series. You can watch it on YouTube at http://youtube.com/watch?v=vYbJkKMpPPc.
Posted at 7:28 p.m. PT on May 09, 2008 by Carbon
Dear All,
I have been following the work of several of the prominent scientists to come up with a theory of everything. It seems that in this search of everything, one most important thing has not been considered. Who am I? I am in this universe as much as it is in me.
Imagination is more important than knowledge for all that we know is just an imagination. Mind travels faster than light. It is not mind over matter, it is only mind that matters.
If universe is the meaning of understanding of one’s surroundings, then it is created with every birth and destroyed with every death. Universe is in a steady big bang state. The moment a thought arises the universe comes to existence. If one can still the mind to absoluteness then there will be absolutely nothing.
That absolute state of mind is the Soul (spirit) with in all of us. Relativity of thougths is what makes the physical world. Everything has a mind of its own, Nothing is mind itself. If life is the meaning of our relative existence on this planet then we were all dead even before we were born, so why fear death as we all have already experienced death.
According to E=MC2, mass gets converted to energy when it travels at squared the speed of light. Thoughts travel faster than light and are continually getting converted to Mass or reality. Reality as it seems can be termed delayed implementation of imagination. Human brain is one of the best particle accelerator nature has created, for we use it to contiuously convert mass (food we eat) to energy (thoughts we get). S=BM2 (S-Soul, B-Body, M-Mind). Create a body with a thought, destroy the body with a thought and find the innermost self, Soul. As light can not escape black holes gravity and time stops in a black hole, so does a dead man can’t see light or has no sense of time.
On this planet only one being, human, seems to care for Time dimension while all other species do not. If we only understand the perception of other beings dimensions sharing this planet would we appreciate the beauty of it all. There can be as many dimensions as we choose to have.
For every action there is equal and opposite reaction, there is also inaction at the point of their interaction.
Dark Matter / Dark Energy are only as dark as our thoughts. Lets weigh our thoughts in and we would have the total mass of the universe.
Truth is simple
accepting it is not.
Some think that universe is expanding
some think that universe is contracting
some think that universe is eternal
I know that universe is what we want it to be.
The theory of everthing is that there is absolutely nothing.
God is absolute state of mind, soul that is everything and nothing.
We are relative states of mind, bodies that are something in between.
Posted at 6:06 a.m. PT on May 11, 2008 by sridattadev kancharla
thanks everyone for such thought provoking comments...and for the Elegant Universe link. Going there now!
Posted at 9:31 p.m. PT on May 13, 2008 by ann magnuson
Very funny Carbon! But as much as we also enjoyed the Extreme Helmet Cam videos here is the correct link to the Elegant Universe:
http://youtube.com/results?search_query=Elegant+Universe&search_type=
Posted at 9:36 p.m. PT on May 13, 2008 by Anonymous
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