Do you believe?

The latest theory is that branes collide and create parallel universes.
Gravity leaks into
other universes all the time resulting in expansion. There is no dark energy
or classic
inflation to account for the state of this visible universe in the 11 or 12
dimensional
multiverse. This newsgroup rarely debates on this level. Do you believe M
Theory?

kjakja wrote:

The latest theory is that branes collide and create parallel universes.
Gravity leaks into
other universes all the time resulting in expansion. There is no dark energy
or classic
inflation to account for the state of this visible universe in the 11 or 12
dimensional
multiverse. This newsgroup rarely debates on this level. Do you believe M
Theory?

It is a plausible alternative that is worthy of consideration. It might
even be right - but until it makes a verifiable observational prediction
that the classic Big Bang theory can not it will remain an interesting
idea. A basic non-mathematical intro to the ideas is at:

http://www.space.com/scienceastronom..._010413-1.html

Regards,
Martin Brown

In article , Kjakja
wrote:
This newsgroup rarely debates on this level. Do you believe M
Theory?

Sensible people (I include myself in this group) consider this
to be an interesting, different way of describing the universe.
It is not inherently implausible.
I like the idea.
The above statements are no (repeat "zero") evidence for the
idea being an accurate description of reality.

--
Aidan Karley,
Aberdeen, Scotland,
Location: 57°10'11" N, 02°08'43" W (sub-tropical Aberdeen), 0.021233

In article , Martin Brown wrote:
but until it makes a verifiable observational prediction
that the classic Big Bang theory can not it will remain an interesting
idea.

AIUI, there are detailed chaRACTERISTICS (Bloody CapsLock key!) of
the model that might be observable today. I haven't heard of detailed
results.

--
Aidan Karley,
Aberdeen, Scotland,
Location: 57°10'11" N, 02°08'43" W (sub-tropical Aberdeen), 0.021233

kjakja wrote:
The latest theory is that branes collide and create parallel universes.
Gravity leaks into
other universes all the time resulting in expansion. There is no dark energy
or classic
inflation to account for the state of this visible universe in the 11 or 12
dimensional
multiverse. This newsgroup rarely debates on this level. Do you believe M
Theory?


I have my doubts about M Theory. IANAP, so take this with a grain of
salt, but I think they will eventually run into the same problem in the
11th dimension that they encountered in the 10th. Eventually, they will
find multiple equivalent theories and they will have to go to the next
higher order dimension to get back to a single theory. Then they will
eventually find another version in that dimension and have to go to the
next higher, etc, so-on, ad-nauseum.

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kjakja wrote:
The latest theory is that branes collide and create parallel universes.
Gravity leaks into
other universes all the time resulting in expansion. There is no dark
energy
or classic
inflation to account for the state of this visible universe in the 11 or
12
dimensional
multiverse. This newsgroup rarely debates on this level. Do you believe M
Theory?


I have my doubts about M Theory. IANAP, so take this with a grain of salt,
but I think they will eventually run into the same problem in the 11th
dimension that they encountered in the 10th. Eventually, they will find
multiple equivalent theories and they will have to go to the next higher
order dimension to get back to a single theory. Then they will eventually
find another version in that dimension and have to go to the next higher,
etc, so-on, ad-nauseum.

I found Brian Greene's "Elegant Universe" quite
interesting from the point of view of the problems
that they are facing and how much work needs to be
done. Whether the problems in these theories can
eventually be resolved or not is far from clear
and it looks like it may be decades before they
can tell, never mind actually put a theory
together.

On the other hand, the alternatives seem to be
somewhat sparse, though that may be more to do
with the bandwagon effect.

George