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    Graduate What is E8 Theory and How Does It Relate to String Theory?

    My Apologies I'm sorry guys, but if I can be that dope who wants to bring the layman's version down to a total dummies version... I'm hoping someone can lay this bag of snakes out straight for me. As I understood it, there are two separate sets of rules for describing the behavior of...
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    High School Uncovering the Mystery of Photons, Mass, and Gravity for Beginners

    So let's see if I can manage a simpleton's summary... Matter ~= Energy ~= Matter Photons aren't what you'd call matter, but they are energy, and so they're affected by large sources of gravity. Is that about right? Also, trying to wrap my mind around the variant and invariant properties...
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    High School Uncovering the Mystery of Photons, Mass, and Gravity for Beginners

    Sorry folks, I couldn't find the "newb" section for this undoubtedly stupid question. I started reading the wikipedia article on photons, and it states that a photon is massless. My understanding was that all light is photons, but also that light is affected by gravity. It was also my...