Brian Greene: The universe on a string

http://www.ted.com In clear, nontechnical language, string theorist Brian Greene explains how our understanding of the universe has evolved from Einstein's notions of gravity and space-time to superstring theory, where minuscule strands of energy vibrating in 11 dimensions create every particle and force in the universe. (This mind-bending theory may soon be put to the test at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva).

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[Joxman2k]

I'm Atheist, but I don't understand how some religious zealots discount science. If anything science is the study of what God has created. This video is a great example of Divinity in nature.

I think Einstein said "My understanding of God is my understanding of the Universe" (para phrased)

[Joxman2k]

@craigdavid00

That is a very good question :) But it is not one I am concerned with, because our understanding of the universe (within science) is a limited one. We as humans believe that their must be a beginning, because we are born, live and die ... so the universe must be the same.

When I look up at the stars I just see beauty and am thankful to be able to witness it :)

:P

[Joxman2k]

@JayMark2049

Yes that is true. I also remember someone answering him by saying "Who are you to tell God what to do with his dice" :)

Newton had to have come before Einstein, and Einstein had to have come before ...well us. I'm not talking about personalities, but the evolution of ideas.

I'm actuallyquite excited with CERN and various breakthroughs that are happening right now on the quantum level! It's a wonderful time to be alive :)

:)

:P

[mishigreene]

@khundun now that is gr8 baloney. You are Oscar Meyer, pHd. In one paragraph you turn tensor calculus upside down, discount degrees of freedom, promote hari krishna, discount manifolds and give away Superman's identity/

[MrLawliet1307]

ლ(ಠ_ಠლ) Y U PEOPLE TALK ABOUT RELIGION ON SCIENCE??!!?

[JayMark2049]

@Joxman2k Einstein didn't like quantum physics much. He didn't want to accept the fact that it's based on uncertainty and probabilities. He said "I don't like the idea of God playing dices with the universe".

[420Vagabond1]

@Joxman2k Religious people want to believe in a magic man who loves them, and will keep them alive forever in a place of eternal happiness. Science, however, tells us that reality is far different from the Religious pipe dream. And just as a 6 year old is reluctant to stop believing in Santa, so are Zealots reluctant to face a reality that they don't approve of. In order to defend beliefs that appear more and more false every year, religious people have to resort to attacking science outright.

[420Vagabond1]

The fact that there are 83 dislikes tells me at least 83 people who prefer to believe a "Magic man" in the sky is responsible for the universe. Why is evolution taking so damn long to finally weed out religion? Evolution needs to get on the ball, so mankind can finally get on with reality, instead of being held back by anti-science/pro-religion bull crap.

[edgaristtod]

hello bill maher

[kirbykidsmith]

science is just expansion on the belief that induction is real. true spiritualism is the belief that induction isn't.

[khundun]

What is described as dimensions in this video is actually interaction between the dimensions. What is herecalled subatomic particles are actually vectors applied upon the fluids constituting the universe. this is not a solid conception but a view of perception.sub-dimensions and not real dimension. the unitary field is a place in space and time where everything is from everywhere and every time-stream. As time is not a fourth dimension but the surface tension between the fourth and the third.

[CalumnMcAulay]

a fantastic talk!