John, Incorrect. String theory predicted the viscosity of the quark-gluon plasma before it was observed in several colliders like the LHC. Richard
On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 9:42 AM, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 6:01 AM, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote: > > > To my knowledge, string theory does not quantize space-time >> > > It wouldn't have mattered if it had because string theory hasn't made one > single prediction that could be tested. Well OK it did make one but it > turned out to be wrong; it predicted that there were 10 spacial dimensions > and then had to introduce a fudge factor about 7 of them being so small you > could never see them. The trick is not to find a theory that quantizes > space-time the trick is in finding a theory that quantizes space-time AND > is consistent with experiment. > > John K Clark > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
