--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There was an article in the New Yorker two issues ago about string > theory. I didn't understand a word of it. >
Thats a shock. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > > > > From an op-ed defending string theory by Brian > > Greene, a professor of physics and mathematics, > > in the NY Times: > > > > "To be sure, no one successful experiment would establish that > string > > theory is right, but neither would the failure of all such > > experiments prove the theory wrong. If the accelerator experiments > > fail to turn up anything, it could be that we need more powerful > > machines; if the astronomical observations fail to turn up > anything, > > it could mean the effects are too small to be seen. The bottom > line > > is that it's hard to test a theory that not only taxes the > capacity > > of today's technology, but is also still very much under > development. > > > > "Some critics have taken this lack of definitive predictions to > mean > > that string theory is a protean concept whose advocates seek to > step > > outside the established scientific method. Nothing could be > further > > from the truth. Certainly, we are feeling our way through a > complex > > mathematical terrain, and no doubt have much ground yet to cover. > But > > we will hold string theory to the usual scientific standard: to be > > accepted, it must make predictions that are verified." > > > > http://tinyurl.com/unjox > > > > I was struck by these two paragraphs because the > > criticisms the writer cites sound very similar > > to those that have been made of the Maharishi > > Effect theory and various other paranormal-type > > claims. > > > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
