String Theory Easily Explained : What Is The True Nature Of Reality?

Today, let’s go on an adventure to explore one of the top candidates that may finally describe everything in one mathematical expression, string theory.

String theory is definitely one of the most popular theories in Physics that are widely overused in pop culture today. I think everybody would agree that the most popular example of this is the CBS show The Big Bang Theory. It is impossible to miss hearing about it in a lot of episodes, since it’s what Sheldon Cooper, one of the main protagonists of the show, is dedicating all of his energy on.

And we can’t blame him since this is really remarkably one of the most controversial and daring theories of physics in the current date.

Are you not sold yet as to how extremely important this theory is? Okay, sure. Let me tell you a bit more.

According to Dr. Michio Kaku, a well-known popularizer of science and highly revered theoretical physicist, string theory can answer a lot of questions about our very own universe: what events occurred at the edge of time and space, precisely “before” the Big Bang, what exactly can we expect inside a black hole, and even the possibility of travelling instantly in space up to parallel universes through what we call wormholes.

I think you can imagine how much of the current trends of sci-fi proliferated because of these ideas existing. Honestly, if this doesn’t get you extremely excited about this topic, I don’t know what will.

But assuming you already are interested, let’s take a deep dive on what exactly this theory is, shall we? Or at least let’s try to accomplish that, since even the scientists who study this theory are also still struggling to fully understand every aspect of it..

The story of string theory began when physicists desired for the most simplified explanation for everything in the universe. These scientists always have this thing of wanting to compress explanations into something as neat and as simple as possible. Specifically, they were aiming to find a single line of equation which can be used to describe every phenomena in the universe: how a bird flies in the sky, how planetary motion comes about, how electricity works… It would certainly be something astonishing if only we could describe this into one line of Math, doesn’t it?

Back in the early days of modern physics, there were five fundamental forces of nature were known: electricity, caused by the motion of electrons; magnetism, which describes an innate physical phenomena of objects; the weak nuclear force, responsible for nuclear decay; the strong nuclear force, or the force holding together the nucleons in an atom, keeping them from breaking apart due to the repulsive force of the electrostatic force.

The earliest success at unifying these forces was done by James Clerk Maxwell, when he laid down the equations that define the interrelationship between electricity and magnetism. According to his study, an electrical current can induce magnetism, and vice versa. The resulting theory was called electromagnetism.

Fast forward to the early 20th century and the quest takes us to the two of the most well-known theories in physics nowadays: the theory of general relativity, which best describes the extremely large and massive; and quantum mechanics, describing the extremely light and small. Both of which had some, if not most involvement by physics superstar, Albert Einstein, by the way.

Quantum mechanics reveals that every particle has a dual nature: everything has both a wave-like and a particle-like property. However, this is not completely pretty, as in this approach, the best we can come up with are probability expressions of particles. But it does accomplish the task of describing subatomic particles and how they interact with the highest accuracy, despite this incapacity.

But before you label this theory as bananas, it is important to know that it is not entirely the scientists fault. What quantum mechanics also reveals is that when we try to observe particles in the quantum scale, this observation has a consequential effect.

You might be thinking “how did we come to that? I thought we were doing so well?” Well, as finite beings, we are limited by our own means of observation.

For us to actually observe something, we have to experience it. Usually, this experience entails seeing things and recording what we see. A pretty easy task, right? Well, at some point, it stops being as simple as that.

Video Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:36 Understanding String Theory
03:12 The Fabric of Space-Time
06:45 Multiverse Theory
09:21 Quantum Entanglement
11:55 Unified Field Theory

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[emiliomencia]

Excellent video. String theory needs to be proved, but it is a great opportunity to perform the union of relativity theory and quantum mechanics. Remember, the boson for gravity is only theoretical until now (graviton is still not found), but gravity exists!!!

[jamest.]

I recently learned, string theory has NOTHING to do with a thong! What a shame!

[bobbybaldeagle]

All their theories they come up with brings them back to one point.. That point is there had to be a creator, and history tells us that the creator. Is a one with all power. That one is known as GOD!!!

[quantumofspace]

Imagine: quantum gravity is the oscillation of waves in a spherical quantum field. Or wave pressure on a quantum membrane in a rosebud, where the transfer of wave energy during a center drift in a rosebud is possible through a quantum of a string.
Quantum entanglement is a mixed transfer of information without intermediaries through the quantum of strings and with intermediaries, a fractal from the quantum of "rosebuds".
The visible Universe rests on a framework - quantum strings without SIZES, on which quantum "rosebuds" grow from fractals in the form of dark energy.

[martineastburn]

We hear the "M" version of String Theory is the closest yet to the real stuff. I hope to see Unification in my lifetime but don't sell the farm on that hope. Much is to be done. Maybe the Texas Ring will come alive and help solve the questions.

[cctab]

Big bang ??? Never happened maby a little puff

[JohnDoe-qzql]

But is that what scientists WANT??? Or is it something science Points toward?

[AkeemRWRoss]

#fascinating 🛸🛰🌎🚀🌍🚀🌏🛰🛸 #impressive #theories

[DaRza]

Mc Donald's ad in the beginning is a clear thumb down.

[klausantitheistbolvig]

Naturally we need to follow up on this hypothetical philosophical hypothesis. So we need to establish a way so it could predict what we then would be able to measure, test the way science needs to work. I find it hard, because we might need a better picture of the CMB ( James Webb) maybe the evidence for the multiverse might be measured by higher solutions. Some ( and this is why we need a secure test method for these philosophical hypothesis). Says we are able to see where another universe has collided with our universe. But often it’s as important to rule out a hypothetical question as like getting more information support these hypothesis . So I’m for it.

[phantomedgedamascus]

why not create a new material tru this theory. for a new material for human kind to use.

[KaraokeDuov]

If the math works then it will eventually be proven. Every scientific idea with a solid base is at some point.