Re: [OT] How many dimensions? (WAS: Power over radio)

2009-08-29 Thread Erez D
disclaimer: Although i am (was) a physicist, I am not a string theorist. On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 10:06 PM, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: > Shachar Shemesh writes: > > > Dotan Cohen wrote: > > > > Oleg, I understood that the universe has 11 or so dimensions, and that > > 5 or six can even be measured. B

Re: [OT] How many dimensions? (WAS: Power over radio)

2009-08-28 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
Shachar Shemesh writes: > Dotan Cohen wrote: > > Oleg, I understood that the universe has 11 or so dimensions, and that > 5 or six can even be measured. But the wikipedia article that you > link to claims only 3+1. I have googled a bit but found only very > technical explanations, or baby facts w

Re: [OT] How many dimensions? (WAS: Power over radio)

2009-08-28 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Dotan Cohen wrote: Oleg, I understood that the universe has 11 or so dimensions, and that 5 or six can even be measured. But the wikipedia article that you link to claims only 3+1. I have googled a bit but found only very technical explanations, or baby facts with no explanations. Can you sum it

[OT] How many dimensions? (WAS: Power over radio)

2009-08-28 Thread Dotan Cohen
2009/8/24 Oleg Goldshmidt : > I'll bite - it's OT, but too much fun to skip... ;-) > > 2009/8/24 Shachar Shemesh : > >> As a side note - does that prove that our universe only has three >> dimensions? > > Technically, no, though many philosophers (as opposed to physicists or > mathematicians) will