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Thanks, Marcus. I don't intend to replace Einstein, I was just wondering how something like that would work out. You're right that I am thinking of a different way to handle the data, not necessarily to replace what is actually happening in reality. I did find your explanation helpful.. It...

This thread is extremely helpful! Thank you! Here are a couple of questions I have been trying to figure out.. I hope it's not too off topic as far as trying to get everyone on the same page: 1) Isn't it equally valid to assume, using the balloon analogy, not that space is expanding or...

In a video I watched, which I can't find now, Leonard Susskind briefly mentions something about scientists recently creating what seemed to be a black hole in a collider (not the LHC). He said that the scientists needed to use string theory and extra dimensions to make sense of it. Something...