ok so i was watching the science channel the other day and saw that physicits may have finnaly got the theory of everything, the M-theory

i could explain what it is, but im wondering if any physics majors actually learn about this or if its still too fuzzy to teach

9/21/2007 7:17:41 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-theory

9/21/2007 8:04:00 PM

thats the last place wanted to go, that requires not only reading paragraphs but thinking as well, i prefer the tww explanations

9/21/2007 8:15:40 PM

weird, i live like 2 blocks from http://www.mtheorymusic.com/ never knew where the name came from

9/21/2007 9:38:17 PM

These days we come up with the names of scientific theories before we even come up with the theory itself.

9/22/2007 12:38:29 AM

i had a lot to say about you and this and all that...

but, you're just an idiot

if you can't even take the time to read the layman summary of this, than what the fuck do you care about any of this in the first place?

9/22/2007 1:03:29 AM

ok maybe you dont know how to read, i already know the basic idea, i just watched an entire show about it, i just wanted to know how seriously it was being taugh in school

9/22/2007 1:58:41 AM

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"i just watched an entire show about it"

ahahhahahahahhahahahaah

9/22/2007 2:02:40 AM

it was 1 hour, not 30 minutes
anyways im sure to get more information out of that than some wiki page

[Edited on September 22, 2007 at 2:12 AM. Reason : .]

9/22/2007 2:10:35 AM

did you stay in a holiday inn last night?

jk... my last physics teacher did not know english

9/22/2007 4:09:32 AM

That's nothing compared to the Anti-Life Equation.

9/22/2007 4:21:32 AM

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"ok so i was watching the science channel the other day and saw that physicits may have finnaly got the theory of everything, the M-theory"

I lolled

9/22/2007 11:51:13 AM

not sure which of these applies here

1) you lolled at the misspelling of finally but bolded an additional 5 words for the heck of it. also, you missed the misspelling of physicists
2) you are not aware that the theory of everything is a real idea

and to answer the OP, no they don't teach this b/c it's not established science. i doubt they even teach this at the graduate level other than maybe a handful of institutions.

9/22/2007 12:15:50 PM

the theory of everything is a stupid idea

for a least the next billion years or so

9/22/2007 1:51:33 PM

da Blanket.

9/22/2007 5:03:31 PM

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"and to answer the OP, no they don't teach this b/c it's not established science. i doubt they even teach this at the graduate level other than maybe a handful of institutions. "

ok, i thought it seems too made up although it is based on a lot of real math and physics
eversince string theory was imagined it has been one fuzzy theory after another

9/22/2007 6:16:23 PM

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"the theory of everything is a stupid idea for a least the next billion years or so "

Probably sooner than that. Once we create true computer AIs (within 500 years for sure, hopefully sooner), they'll be able to greatly enhance our ability to analyze information.

9/22/2007 11:12:45 PM

i'd be shocked if we don't develop computers powerful enough to drive their own advancement faster than we can within 50 years, let alone 500

9/22/2007 11:39:14 PM

I think 100 years is a more reasonably time frame, I was being REALLY conservative with 500 years.

But, 50 years ago people thought we'd have flying cars, space tourism, and a hotel on the moon (but no one saw the Internet or the cell phone revolution).

There's really no one now, or that i've seen at least, that's even close to a viable AI, and the people who have the right technology aren't applying it to AI. I would think, considering this, 50 years seems doubtful to me.

9/23/2007 2:59:20 AM

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"it was 1 hour, not 30 minutes"

In a related scheme of ideas if you watch the whole series NUMBERS then you get a PHd in math automatically, not to mention the ability to magically solve ill-posed problems with non-applicable models. Good post none the less, I loled.

moron I think maybe you've been to enamored with the illustrious Wolfram and his programmable universe... sure Mathematica can solve a lot of stuff but its hard to solve a question that has not been asked, that is really the problem, people have yet to ask the right question (oh, nevermind I see you are talking about computer design, there you have a better point I think).

to qntmfred there are in fact a handful of schools that offer a regular course in Strings and M-theory, I took one once, but your overall point stands, M-theory is far from finished.

to nastoute, I agree the TOE is a stupid idea. All we'll ever have is a theory of most things, there will always be unanswerable questions. Someone proved this a while back.

[Edited on September 24, 2007 at 5:45 PM. Reason : .]

9/24/2007 5:43:47 PM

i hate Gödel. and Heisenberg

9/24/2007 8:25:48 PM

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"moron I think maybe you've been to enamored with the illustrious Wolfram and his programmable universe... sure Mathematica can solve a lot of stuff but its hard to solve a question that has not been asked, that is really the problem, people have yet to ask the right question (oh, nevermind I see you are talking about computer design, there you have a better point I think). "

True AI has nothing to do with the nature of Mathematica.

It's a combination of problems from across the spectrum that is the world of computers.

9/25/2007 4:24:27 AM

you have to admit there is something peculiar with the search for real artificial intelligence.

[Edited on September 25, 2007 at 9:40 AM. Reason : .]

9/25/2007 9:39:32 AM

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"physicits "

9/25/2007 9:57:14 AM