Hi Stephan, I do not think that string theory requires a fixed background. Otherwise string theory could not be a prospective ToE. Richard
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Stephen P. King <stephe...@charter.net>wrote: > On 8/20/2012 11:36 AM, Richard Ruquist wrote: > > Wiki: Mereology has been axiomatized in various ways as applications of > predicate > logic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predicate_logic> to formal > ontology<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formal_ontology>, > of which mereology is an important part. A common element of such > axiomatizations is the assumption, shared with inclusion, that the > part-whole relation orders <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial_order>its > universe, meaning that everything is a part of itself > (reflexivity<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflexive_relation>), > that a part of a part of a whole is itself a part of that whole ( > transitivity <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitive_relation>), > > Richard: These assumptions apply to the Indra Pearl's of Chinese > Buddhism and to Liebniz's monads. And more importantly superstring theory > requires that tiny balls of 6-dmensional space exist which turn out to > have the properties of reflexivity and transitivity, and therefore are > candidates to be the pearls and monads. > > Wiki: and that two distinct entities cannot each be a part of the other > (antisymmetry <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisymmetric_relation>). > > Richard: It seems that neither the pearls, or monads, and certainly not > the CYMs have this property. So its strickly not mereology that applies to > monads and the rest. > > > Hi Richard, > > I agree with all with a small exception: I have a big problem with the > superstring theory's use of a fixed background spacetime into which it > embeds the compactified manifolds. It violates general covariance in doing > this! > > -- > Onward! > > Stephen > > "Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed." > ~ Francis Bacon > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
