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    Graduate Useful annotated overview of string theory literature

    Thanks for the info, lumidek! That sounds great.
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    Share Your Favorite Rock Band/Artist

    The Smashing Pumpkins
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    What insights can Flatland offer about understanding higher dimensions?

    Yes, a great book. :) And it's available online, for free! That's how I read it. http://promo.net/pg Search title for "flatland".
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    Graduate Can the physics of consciousness transcend space-time?

    That's an interesting idea. However, I find it more likely that Deja Vu experiences are just a psychological phenomenon - we imagine that we remember something. Yes, it feels 100% real - I've felt it too - but I think the mind is a very powerful thing, capable of fooling even ourselves. The...
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    Undergrad Tidal Forces at Work Between Large & Small Magellanic Clouds?

    I was just wondering about something, and maybe someone can clue me in. I was thinking about how the Large Magellanic Cloud and Small Magellanic Cloud orbit our own galaxy. And I was thinking... I wonder if there are tidal forces at work? I mean, the same way that the Moon causes high tides...