Can Altering String Frequencies Enable Travel to Alternate Dimensions?

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This discussion centers on the concept of string theory and its implications for alternate dimensions. String theory posits that all matter is composed of "strings" vibrating at specific frequencies, which theoretically allows for the existence of parallel dimensions. However, the assertion that altering these frequencies could enable travel to alternate dimensions is refuted, as the dimensions are not hidden due to frequency differences but rather because the strings are extremely short. The analogy of a rolled-up sheet of paper illustrates how higher dimensions can appear as lower dimensions based on scale.

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to begin, a few things

i am not a physicist or physics student
i am open to corrections and answers via both my email and thread
i am a new user and do not know if this is the correct place to post this

string theory states that every thing is composed of "strings" running at a certain frequency. string theory also allows for alternate or "parallel" dimensions. these dimensions are unseen because we are operating at a different frequency. if we were able to alter the frequency the strings forming a person operate at, and there was a way to stabalise the matter, could we not then travel to these dimensions?
 
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No. the "parallel dimensions" are not unseen because of a "different frequency". (Strings in general have various frequencies.) They are unseen because they are very very short. Think of it this way: take a sheet of paper (2 dimensions) and roll it up into a very very thin cylinder. If the radius of the cylinder is very small (say, 0.01 mm) compared to the other dimension it looks like a line (one dimension).
 
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thanks for that, cleared up a Q that had been on my mind quite a while
 

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