The Emergence of Space-time in String Theory

[bhobba]

The video recordings of these lectures can be accessed at

Thank you so much for posting these links.

My research into the area is progressing slowly.

But they will undoubtedly be a great help as I gain more knowledge.

Thanks
Bill

 

[Stavros Kiri]

If Michio Kaku told me my mother loves me, I would check it out. He says...um...lots of things.

That's roughly what I think too. Michio Kaku is a big "fanatic fan" of String Theory, willing to impress with such statements etc. . I mostly think it was a generic statement of his (perhaps even non-literal or even hyped/exaggerated), in the lines of "String Theory could explain a lot of things! ..." [if it were true, of course ...].

 

[javisot20]

String theory does not let us choose the dimensionality that best suits us, I guess that's what they mean by "emerge" in this case.

I also heard it in terms of "predict", string theory unlike other theories "predicts" the dimensionality of space-time. The problems are solved and aberrations are eliminated if the problem is inmersed in a very specific dimensionality.

 

[Fra]

String theory does not let us choose the dimensionality that best suits us
...
The problems are solved and aberrations are eliminated if the problem is inmersed in a very specific dimensionality.

But it forces us to fine tune they way the higher dimensions are curled up to suit us

Which is why the explanatory value is questionable; but this might change, if the foundations of string theory is reworked, but many years has passed...

/Fredrik