Sunday, September 7, 2008

There is Hope for Physics After All

I just spent most of an hour watching a show on the Science channel entitled What Is Wrong With Gravity?  Not once did they mention string theory.  Incredible!  There was one mention of hidden dimensions, an unavoidable part of string theory.  String theory has been choking the life out of theoretical physics for nigh onto 20 years now.  This is the first sign of some balance returning to physics theory... may that continue!

I also learned that after 40 years of searching, they have yet to find the first gravity wave.  THAT is discouraging.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

If anyone would like to see this thing, it's segmented on youtube in 6 parts. I made a playlist, which you can click through to from youtube.com/flyhaf. Looking forward to seeing it when I get a minute.
m.t.r.

Anonymous said...

apparently the guy featured on this show is a former rock star (British variety) turned star physicist... life is ever more interesting!

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