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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

not with current technology.

but as it sometimes happens, we might find a way a couple hundred years from now, who knows. maybe even a practical use of the knowledge.

maybe string theory was flawed all along and we come to understand the universe a whole another way.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

He should discuss it on TAWK TUAH

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

If we ever find the cosmic strings, I wanna see someone plucking them to play Stairway to Heaven. Perhaps doing so will create a literal stairway to actual heaven.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Unfortunately cosmic string and string theory are different things.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_string says

Not to be confused with String, the subject of String Theory.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

What kind of string we talking about? Nylon? Kevlar?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I'm fairly certain it's a meme. Pretty sure I saw this exact thing with a Hawk Tua as the person being quoted.

Edit: A meme on the science meme community? For reals?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh definitely a meme, and a heavily recycled one at that :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Haha, I love non sequitur humour.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

Are string theorists... braneiacs?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Btw, does string theory consider zero point energy? I get the impression that both, quantum mechanics and string theory, just ignore that phenomenom.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What do you mean? Zero point energy comes up as a result of quantum mechanics, why would it be ignored?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Guess i need to refresh that knowledge.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Zero point energy is the stuff Syndrome uses to toss Mister Incredible around, right?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago