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Is Edward Witten More Mathematician or Physicist?
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Working in the field of theoretical physics
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Could Black Holes and Dark Matter Be Linked by Long Dense Strings?
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Questions about AdS/CFT duality and the information paradox
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Rudy Vaas paper time before time
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How Can String Theory and Extra Dimensions Transform Our Experience of Art?
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Smolin: Anthropery is not science
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Discovering TOE: What Would It Mean?
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John Baez: LQG Talk Online: Quantum Geometry, Spin Foams & Black Holes
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Emergent Realities ( What Lies Beneath)
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Peter Woit's Blog: Good Stuff, Not Too Hard on String Theory
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Can a string have multiple simultaneous vibrations in different directions?
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Energy defined in LQG but not in GR?
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What Are the Definitions of Wilson Loops and Spin Networks in Physics?
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Wanna check out the string theory?
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Quantum gravity theory will become falsifiable?
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Extended idea of diffeomorphism
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How Are Gravitons Related to Closed Strings in String Theory?
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String Theory & Higgs Particle-Force
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Invitation to LQG-Smolin-just out
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Smolin's 1995 Landscape of Physical Law idea
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Background Independence Question
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Meissner corrects the Immirzi parameter
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Has String Theory Finally Unraveled the Mysteries of Black Holes?
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What is the Black Hole Bounce Theory and How Can it Be Tested?
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How does LQG compare to string field theory?
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String Vibrations: Why Do Strings Move?
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Big Bounce generic, Date and Hossain
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Quantum Gravity: No BH Singularity with Modesto's Program - L. Modesto at MITP
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LQG predicts inflation and solves horizon problem on its own
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Girelli and Livine strike again
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Baez week #207 is out (Dublin GR17 report)
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What's a good starting point for strings?
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Fractional dimensions in superstring duality
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How Does Quantum Perspective Transform Our Understanding of Energy Landscapes?
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Can Spacetime be Torn and Ripped?
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Hawking transcript, thanks to Not Even Wrong and Sean
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House of more than 4 dimensions
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The truth about lqg and background-independence
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Ashtekar's big one restructures Black Hole study
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Pam asked about the future of strings?
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PF member solves black hole info paradox
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Will Hawking declare BH info puzzle solved?
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Rudy Vaas 3 article series on Quantum Gravity
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Is Universe Unitary or Non-Unitary at the Planck Scale?
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Loop Gravity cures brane collision singularity
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A curious function in quantum gravity
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Can Missing Energy Events Shed Light on Quantum Gravity and Extra Dimensions?
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How Do Dimensions and Entropy Interact in Atomic Motion?
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What's the current perspective on string theory and the existence of gravitons?
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Bojowald sets up for black hole
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Poincaré, Ricci flow and Super String Theory
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Weyl Transformation and Scalar Product
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Compare and Contrast LQG and ST
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A sad funeral call for Twistors, this Friday.
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Blackhole Creation in the Colliders
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Is Loop Quantum Gravity the Future of Theoretical Physics?
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Why Does Quantum Mechanics Treat Gravity as a Force?
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What Does New Research Reveal About the Nature of Dark Energy?
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Space and state, spacetime and process
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Exploring the Concept of Point-like Particles in String Theory
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String Theory's Collateral Effects: Particle Quest & SUSY
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Why Are Vibrating Strings the Fundamental Building Blocks of the Universe?
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What is the Holographic Principle and its relation to information and entropy?
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How Does CP Violation Relate to Supersymmetry in Our Universe?
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Evolution in Quantum Causal Histories
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Strings: Existing in 1, 2, or 3 Dimensions?
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How Does Collaboration Enhance Understanding in Complex Scientific Fields?
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Casimir energy, big bang, dark energy
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Brane + Brane = Big Bang => What About Time?
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Universe started with hiss, not bang
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Trying to understand Quantum Gravity
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String Theory and Supersymmetry in Theoretical Physics Curriculum
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Beginner´s Question on Bosonic Open Strings
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What do string theory equations reveal about the universe?
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Branes strings lqg toe and other fancy shortcuts
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The History of String Theory: Debates and Discoveries in the 1960s
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I'm sorry, marcus, but strings continue to dominate high energy theory
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Oscillatory Universes in Loop Quantum Cosmology
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What Are the Key String Theories and Their Interconnections?
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Where Are the Six Extra Dimensions in Our Universe?
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Do M-Theory's 10^100 Universes Truly Exist?
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New Site Being Created to Discuss TOE
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How far have they delved into String and M- Theory?
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What does it mean by background independent and background dependent?
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Is M-Theory Really a Theory of Everything?
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What are the demographics of String Theory and Loop Quantum Gravity research?
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What determines the velocity of a bosonic string in string theory?
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Energy or infinetly dense matter
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Are Strings Truly the Best Description of Particles?
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Greetings brane-collision heralded by intense gravity waves?
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Can spin fluctuations explain superconductivity?
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Dark Energy Casimir Energy in the Large? (Mazur/Mottola)
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A Proposal About the Rest Masses of Quarks
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String Scattering From Decaying Branes
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What Are the Best Resources for Learning About String Theory?
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String theory classical limit?
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What Key Questions Should Students Ask About Loop Quantum Gravity?
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Strings vs. Loops-Black Hole Metrics?
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How does the worldsheet turn spacetime vectors into spinors in string theory?
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