TEDxBoulder - Thad Roberts - Visualizing Eleven Dimensions

[kurtilein3]

... second comment

but actually i feel im done with special and general relativity, i got it, i expect no surprises there. What im really after is an intuitive understanding of quantum electrodynamics. So my plan is now to use relativity to familiarize my mind with this new model of spacetime, see if i can get it to work, and then ill try to figure out if it could help me with understanding quantum electrodynamics.

im quite excited now, for me this talk is food for weeks of thought.

[kurtilein3]

this is awesome. it took lots of work, but i managed to get an intuitive understanding of special and general relativity and all its effects. I did it by adding one extra dimension, and visualizing 4-dimensional spacetime, but i did it without quantizing spacetime.

Now this talk gives me a second way to intuitively understand special and general relativity. But it will be a lot of work until my mind digests this and i can use that new tool.

[adlibstoadlibs]

my favorite illistration of our view of space (as childish as it seems) was at the end of men in black because it showed tht our galaxy was nothing more than a marble in a game and even tho i know its false its still sumthing to think about

[0dWHOHWb0]

Listening to this is like listening to a monetary market economist....

[rickreed123]

If gravity is a result of quanta density, then does gravity propagate, if so, then how quickly?

[reafdaw01]

@rickreed123 We know from measurement that gravity propagates at the speed of light. No information can propagate faster than light.

[kurtilein3]

@rickreed123

im studying physics, and my professors hold the view that gravity propagates at the speed of light. definitively not faster, im sure about that, but im not so sure if maybe it could be slower. anyway, i think chances are really high that it propagates at exactly the speed of light.

[pwg1126]

Isn't he the guy who stole the moon rocks while he was a co-op and went to prison. His mother and father must be so proud. I hear he is coming out with a book and a movie now. What a waste of such a strong mind.

[stenchinator]

@pwg1126

His parents disowned him before he stole the moon rocks. He says this during an interview with a local news station.

Anyways, fascinating guy. Hopefully, he can keep his past behind him and actually achieve something good.

[zachsbc]

@pwg1126 His mother and father were a-holes that disowned him when they discovered he had premarital sex. Wacked out fundamentalist Mormons who said he was destined for hell and wanted nothing more to do with him.

[pwg1126]

What a crock of bull from this intelligent con-man.

[jmpironneau]

Well if we project ourselves to the 6 dimension, we can come back to the 5th with infinite possibilities of ourself. So there is an infinity of worlds where this guy has the Nobel prize. And an infinity where I get it too. And an infinity where we both win it, and finally an infinity where you guys also get the Nobel...

[peter2f6]

What a poor speech. He had terrible cadence and tone. He should have also learned some way to calm his nerves, like practice speeches in smaller venues. He was so nervous that it affected his speaking. You could hear now dry his mouth was by all the little clicking sounds when he talked. For auditory folks like me this becomes very distracting. Even though I had to work extra harder to absorb the content, I still came away with an understanding of what he was proposing.

[radports]

@peter2f6 Shut up and die.

[mrguy66]

This is completely ridiculous. This man has no training in physics or math, and has no idea what he's talking about.

[taintrain]

This is an interesting topic and Thad does a great job at making it even better. Great Job!!

[KodierungHerz]

oh please...

[sqbsbear]

@KodierungHerz oh please what? are you dissatisfied with the video?

[thadroberts77]

Yes absolutely! Quanta are metaphysical. Any theory that offers an explanation for why things are the way they are is, by definition, metaphysical. In my view, the most valuable thing that science can give us is a metaphysical explanation for the Universe. Even if we get to the point where we can experimentally test for the existence of quanta the picture that they are a part of will remain metaphysical. Every test relies on metaphysical assumptions. Without them science cannot proceed.

[shaneormsby]

@thadroberts77

Great talk Thad. Really enjoyed the first 4 chapters of your book too. Excellent ideas explained really clearly.

Hoping to learn more about your ideas soon.

[dcyli]

MIND BLOWN

[MetalHelen376]

They should have given Thad way more time. And a glass of water.

[wattyofthewattykins]

Good one Thad. Here's a philosphy/science question: If quanta is theoretical and undetectable then does that place it in the realm of metaphysics? Or perhaps it is a metaphysical postulation until it is detectable, at which point it becomes a part of physics.

[MichaelExe]

@wattyofthewattykins IF quanta were theoretical and undetectable, that would place them in theoretical physics (making them basically mathematical concepts). But, quanta ARE detectable. Electrons and photons are quanta.

[e2speedballr]

@wattyofthewattykins Ernst Mach used a very similar argument to degrade Ludwig Boltzmann's arguments for an atomic theory of matter.