----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 11:44 AM Subject: Re: quantum darwin?
> > I've read that book and some more technical articles on string theory. > While I couldn't claim to understand even bosonic string theory (let > alone superstring theory!) at any more than a cursory level, it doesn't > remove quantum indeterminacy. Indeed, it's usual so far as I can tell to > treat the two-dimensional string worldsheet as the "main" spacetime and > then to consider the coordinates on our large four dimensional spacetime > and the bundle of other smaller dimensions as quantum fields on that > spacetime using methods akin to those of quantum field theory. Thanks for the boffin backup, Rich. It's nice to know that even plumbers can get theory correct once in a while. :-) Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
