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Graduate Does something like anti-gravity exist, in theory?
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Graduate The bones in our throat (Weinberg)
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Graduate Penrose Altered Smolin's Thinking?
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Graduate What is the Connection Between Unitarity and Anomalies in Quantum Mechanics?
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Graduate Philosophical Foundations of Physics
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Graduate New Ashtekar: Gravity and the Quantum
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Graduate Spin networks and quantum computing (curious link-up)
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Graduate Various Critiques of Loop and String
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Graduate The difference between Fourier Series, Fourier Transform and Laplace Transform
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Graduate Planck scale Lorentz-symmetry test theories Amelino-Camelia
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Graduate Question on world-sheet-metric
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Graduate Unifying Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity: A Debate on Strings vs LQG
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Graduate Could the GUT be explained by Quarks?
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Graduate Global particles, local particles (Colosi, Rovelli)
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Graduate Motl and Douglas discuss naturalness
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Graduate Teleportation: via QM,GR, or FMR?
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Graduate Meaning of carrying a Ramond-Ramond charge ?
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Graduate What Are the Key Issues in Smolin's Quantum Gravity Research?
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Graduate Significance of the Lagrangian
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Graduate What is the significance of 2D quantum gravity in theoretical physics?
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Graduate Strings as particles. Basic question.
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Graduate Paola Zizzi's "Computational LQG" | Modeling Black Holes & Hawking Radiation
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Graduate How Do Perfect Numbers Influence Planetary Spin and Cosmic Systems?
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Graduate An Infinte Number of Elementary Particles?
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Graduate A scientific multiverse theory
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Graduate Simple harmonic oscillator general solution
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Graduate Help regarding strings and m-theory
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Graduate Is Light Moving Towards Us or Are We Moving Towards Light?
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Graduate Is the Concept of Standard Universal Now the Future of Time Perception?
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Graduate Amazing bid by Thiemann to absorb string theory into LQG
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Graduate Chaotic Spin Foams: Is There a Preferred Direction?
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Graduate How Can We Visualize Higher Dimensions Like 4D?
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Graduate Matters of Gravity-new issue today
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Graduate Two Landscape Questions: Supersymmetry and M-theory
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Graduate Are There Really 10^100 String Vacua in String Theory?
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Graduate Spin Foam Research - University of Western Ontario
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Graduate Learning Lessons from String Research Decline
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Graduate An exact? expression for the fine structure constant
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Graduate Quantum Charges for Knotted Topological Strings?
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Graduate What Are Calabi-Yau Spaces in String Theory?
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Graduate Signs of the Multiverse? Analyzing Unnatural Things
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Graduate Is Background Independence Desirable?
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Graduate String mass - what do we know?
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Graduate How Does Relativity Affect String Mass and Vibration Frequencies?
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Graduate Strings and non-commutative qft
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Graduate Is a Black Hole just a Bose-Einstein Condensate?
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Graduate What is the idea behind the string theories?
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Graduate Physics for Dummies: Understanding Branes, Loop Quantum Gravity & More
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Graduate What is the graviton? Please place your definitions
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Graduate Quantum Geometry-the Brian Greene quote
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Graduate I'm quite certain I've discovered the grand theory
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Graduate Published proof of gravitational mechanism
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Graduate Can All String Shapes Be Derived from a Figure 8 Configuration?
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Graduate String Hypotheses (Post yours also)
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Graduate String Theory: Energy as Property of Strings?
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Graduate String Interactions: Effects on Matter & More
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Graduate What Is the Geometric Meaning of Stokes' Theorem?
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Graduate Why do extra dimensions have to be curled up ?
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Graduate Speck of a Universe be Physically Identical to the Great Expanse
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Graduate Detection of Macroscopic Strings
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Graduate Can Yoga Help Bridge the Gap in Unified Field Theory?
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Graduate Discuss Planck Units: QG & LQG Hybrid Model
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Graduate What Are Some Simple Display Ideas for a Science Fair Project on LQG and ST?
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Graduate String Theorists Finally Admit Defeat
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Graduate Are Large Extra Dimensions still acceptable?
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Graduate Understanding the Confusion: Decoding the True Meaning of Mass in Physics
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Graduate String Theory: How Close Are We?
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Graduate The 4th superstring revolution.
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Graduate Testing String Theory: Implications for Gravitational Redshifting
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Graduate Exploring Quantum Gravity: A Discussion on Relativity and Quantum Mechanics
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Graduate Arun Gupta's post reconstructed
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Graduate What Are Branes in Superstring Theory?
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Graduate Can String Theory Lead to the Ultimate Unification of Physics?
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Graduate QG & Einstein's Low Level Energies: Consequences
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Graduate What is Alejandro's take on strings, gauge theory, and gravity?
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Graduate Is there a general equation for finding pth powers when p is greater than 2?
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Graduate Could Black Holes and Dark Matter Be Linked by Long Dense Strings?
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Graduate Questions about AdS/CFT duality and the information paradox
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Graduate What Are the Limitations of LQG in Explaining Photon-Graviton Interactions?
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Graduate Rudy Vaas paper time before time
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Graduate How Can String Theory and Extra Dimensions Transform Our Experience of Art?
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Graduate A collection of questions/ideas
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Graduate Smolin: Anthropery is not science
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Graduate Discovering TOE: What Would It Mean?
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Graduate John Baez: LQG Talk Online: Quantum Geometry, Spin Foams & Black Holes
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Graduate Are tachyons real and why haven't we found them yet?
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Graduate Emergent Realities ( What Lies Beneath)
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Graduate How Can We Tap Into The Vacuum?
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Graduate Exactly what is theory all about?
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Graduate Length of Vectors x, y and z in RSK Plane R | Reference System K
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Graduate Can Gravity Be Explained by a 4th Dimensional Hypersphere Attraction?
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Graduate Constructing a Tensor Formula: 3D Mass to 2D Wave
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Graduate Who Should I Share My Unique Theory of Everything With?
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Graduate Can a string have multiple simultaneous vibrations in different directions?
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Graduate New revolutionary theory explaining every thing about black hole
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Graduate Create or die (a 3 months team mission)
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Graduate Theory development. Please test.
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Graduate A possible way to produce thrust from ZPE?
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Graduate How does the concept of mass decay relate to the theory of superstrings?
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Graduate How Does Geometry Relate to Action in Physics?
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