String theory

Discussion in 'Science and Nature' started by drobong, Jun 17, 2008.

  1. #1 drobong, Jun 17, 2008
    I've been reading Brian Green's "The Elegant Universe" lately. Can't say I quite understand all of it, even though it's supposedly dumbed down so that non physicists can read it. I guess the point I want to make is this: the more I learn about modern science, the less I trust religion. At the same time, the complex beauty of it all makes me more sure of the existence of God. Anyone else feel the same way? :rolleyes:
     
  2. #2 joe Biggs, Jun 17, 2008
    yea, modern science allows me to believe in not a god that deems our eternal soul to heaven or hell based on ethics. no simple a unknowable being that created matter, energy, that first cell, ect.

    and yea string theory is damn confusing, what i got for it is that everything (all matter, all energy, ect) is only vibrating strands of string in a infinite grid. but i really dont understand any more beyond that.
     
  3. #3 Davey, Jun 17, 2008
    Yeah string theory is pretty interesting, check out this video..


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  4. #4 drobong, Jun 18, 2008
    cool video. Nice overview of the concepts. I'd like to see him speak. Do you know if he does lecture tours? maybe if he were promoting a new book...
     

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