Bobby, that's not me trying to push some pet theories, I should clarify that this is just the way I learn: by trying to "explain" what I understand as if I were teaching it. So I apologize if this post came off as preachy. I want to understand nature, but to do that, I must know where I am right...
After reading Jason Padgett's (the dude who became a genius mathematician after getting kicked in the head) description of the structure of spacetime (link omitted due to Noob Requirements of PhysicsForums), I decided to indulge in Brian Greene's "The Elegant Universe". The Elegant Universe...