Mathematician Exposes String Theory's Failure

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[Rmeggedon]

The analogy to Moses and the promised land is brilliant.

[givemorephilosophy]

6:52 Such a great analogy🙏🙏🙏 This is really being clear about Truth. Every theory based on incomplete knowledge is challenged by the Axioms themselves being challenged .

[davidt]

The best things about science and math is you can be wrong and still be useful. If string theory is wrong then let's all document all of it and keep it's history.

[The_Isaiahnator]

7:27 - 7:40 That video from *acollierastro* was humorous and informative. It distilled a lot of useful information for a layman like me who periodically dips his toe into this whole world of high-level physics.

[harryschmidt]

I hope this blows up and will be part of many future discussions on this. This channel would deserve it.

[charlieb]

I loved hearing Frankel shout out ACollier’s video on string theory

[londomolari]

Only 10 more years! Sounds like fusion power which has been only 20 years in the future for the last 50 years.

[rockfan]

When Calabi-Yau-Space is not stable and ends in a singularity, as said here, than ST has a BIG problem. Besides that, ST is getting towards falsification. SUSY is needed for the fermions, but it didn't appear in LHC. It was expected at 250 GeV but there was nothing until 1 TeV. Shurely may the symmetry break be bigger but in those ranges it's no longer plausible. So the chances of SUSY are low. There are also big problems in ST with an accelerated expanding universe and it's probably not compatible with the way universe expands ("metastable de Sitter universe").

[buddyhell]

Its the alternate thinking where we find answers. String theory has set us back in many ways as its prevented funding for other investigatory science

[fisheromen]

i think the biggest lesson to take away from string theory is to not put all of your eggs in one basket and remain humble/open to other avenues of research. talent and funding must be spread out among a handful of candidate theories and work in the field, and academia should also place "side bets" on fringe subjects that may be unlikely to pan out but high reward if they do. In fact, the brightest minds should probably be allocated to side bets while the everyone else can work together on the promising stuff.

[luke]

Oh good. I'm glad we're thinking outside the box of mirrors.

[givemorephilosophy]

13:20 This is the courage that internal human quest for truth that is what will lead to the total knowledge of every thing exists as it exists.

[benjaminbeard]

9:48 acollierastro has a great channel. I started watching her about six months ago. It's a nice supplement to a channel like this for people looking for something a bit more tangible with regards to physics. It's nice to see some of the actual math that comes from or gives rise to the theories.

[HighPriestofLemuria]

I would have thought that the 40 years of saying somethings just around the corner was the failure.

[Casmige]

I moniker it all under the generalised heading of:

“Hagoromo’s Failure” -CCMG

😂

[michaelanthony]

Just because the LHC is not big enough to detect the loss energy entering the extra dimensions when particles collide it near the speed of light, does not disprove string theory.

If you think the LHC experiment disproved string theory then move on.
The LHC we believe is way to small to detect this loss of energy when particles collide, maybe a LHC the size of the solar system would prove it.

As Richard Witten says the theory of everything has no obligation to be easily explained.

Witten has proposed M-Theory that unifies all consistent versions of superstring theory. Rome wasn't build in a day.

Why don't you debate this with Witten on a pod cast?

[PhillyHardy]

As soon as he said Moses I absolutely started dying! 😂

[SpotterVideo]

Conservation of Spatial Curvature:
Both Matter and Energy described as "Quanta" of Spatial Curvature. (A string is revealed to be a twisted cord when viewed up close.)

Is there an alternative interpretation of "Asymptotic Freedom"? What if Quarks are actually made up of twisted tubes which become physically entangled with two other twisted tubes to produce a proton? Instead of the Strong Force being mediated by the constant exchange of gluons, it would be mediated by the physical entanglement of these twisted tubes. When only two twisted tubules are entangled, a meson is produced which is unstable and rapidly unwinds (decays) into something else. A proton would be analogous to three twisted rubber bands becoming entangled and the "Quarks" would be the places where the tubes are tangled together. The behavior would be the same as rubber balls (representing the Quarks) connected with twisted rubber bands being separated from each other or placed closer together producing the exact same phenomenon as "Asymptotic Freedom" in protons and neutrons. The force would become greater as the balls are separated, but the force would become less if the balls were placed closer together. Therefore, the gluon is a synthetic particle (zero mass, zero charge) invented to explain the Strong Force. An artificial Christmas tree can hold the ornaments in place, but it is not a real tree.

String Theory was not a waste of time, because Geometry is the key to Math and Physics. However, can we describe Standard Model interactions using only one extra spatial dimension? What did some of the old clockmakers use to store the energy to power the clock? Was it a string or was it a spring?

What if we describe subatomic particles as spatial curvature, instead of trying to describe General Relativity as being mediated by particles? Fixing the Standard Model with more particles is like trying to mend a torn fishing net with small rubber balls, instead of a piece of twisted twine.

Quantum Entangled Twisted Tubules:
“We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question which divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct.” Neils Bohr
(lecture on a theory of elementary particles given by Wolfgang Pauli in New York, c. 1957–8, in Scientific American vol. 199, no. 3, 1958)

The following is meant to be a generalized framework for an extension of Kaluza-Klein Theory. Does it agree with some aspects of the “Twistor Theory” of Roger Penrose, and the work of Eric Weinstein on “Geometric Unity”, and the work of Dr. Lisa Randall on the possibility of one extra spatial dimension? During the early history of mankind, the twisting of fibers was used to produce thread, and this thread was used to produce fabrics. The twist of the thread is locked up within these fabrics. Is matter made up of twisted 3D-4D structures which store spatial curvature that we describe as “particles"? Are the twist cycles the "quanta" of Quantum Mechanics?

When we draw a sine wave on a blackboard, we are representing spatial curvature. Does a photon transfer spatial curvature from one location to another? Wrap a piece of wire around a pencil and it can produce a 3D coil of wire, much like a spring. When viewed from the side it can look like a two-dimensional sine wave. You could coil the wire with either a right-hand twist, or with a left-hand twist. Could Planck's Constant be proportional to the twist cycles. A photon with a higher frequency has more energy. ( E=hf, More spatial curvature as the frequency increases = more Energy ). What if Quark/Gluons are actually made up of these twisted tubes which become entangled with other tubes to produce quarks where the tubes are entangled? (In the same way twisted electrical extension cords can become entangled.) Therefore, the gluons are a part of the quarks. Quarks cannot exist without gluons, and vice-versa. Mesons are made up of two entangled tubes (Quarks/Gluons), while protons and neutrons would be made up of three entangled tubes. (Quarks/Gluons) The "Color Charge" would be related to the XYZ coordinates (orientation) of entanglement. "Asymptotic Freedom", and "flux tubes" are logically based on this concept. The Dirac “belt trick” also reveals the concept of twist in the ½ spin of subatomic particles. If each twist cycle is proportional to h, we have identified the source of Quantum Mechanics as a consequence twist cycle geometry.

Modern physicists say the Strong Force is mediated by a constant exchange of Gluons. The diagrams produced by some modern physicists actually represent the Strong Force like a spring connecting the two quarks. Asymptotic Freedom acts like real springs. Their drawing is actually more correct than their theory and matches perfectly to what I am saying in this model. You cannot separate the Gluons from the Quarks because they are a part of the same thing. The Quarks are the places where the Gluons are entangled with each other.

Neutrinos would be made up of a twisted torus (like a twisted donut) within this model. The twist in the torus can either be Right-Hand or Left-Hand. Some twisted donuts can be larger than others, which can produce three different types of neutrinos. If a twisted tube winds up on one end and unwinds on the other end as it moves through space, this would help explain the “spin” of normal particles, and perhaps also the “Higgs Field”. However, if the end of the twisted tube joins to the other end of the twisted tube forming a twisted torus (neutrino), would this help explain “Parity Symmetry” violation in Beta Decay? Could the conversion of twist cycles to writhe cycles through the process of supercoiling help explain “neutrino oscillations”? Spatial curvature (mass) would be conserved, but the structure could change.

Gravity is a result of a very small curvature imbalance within atoms. (This is why the force of gravity is so small.) Instead of attempting to explain matter as "particles", this concept attempts to explain matter more in the manner of our current understanding of the space-time curvature of gravity. If an electron has qualities of both a particle and a wave, it cannot be either one. It must be something else. Therefore, a "particle" is actually a structure which stores spatial curvature. Can an electron-positron pair (which are made up of opposite directions of twist) annihilate each other by unwinding into each other producing Gamma Ray photons?

Does an electron travel through space like a threaded nut traveling down a threaded rod, with each twist cycle proportional to Planck’s Constant? Does it wind up on one end, while unwinding on the other end? Is this related to the Higgs field? Does this help explain the strange ½ spin of many subatomic particles? Does the 720 degree rotation of a 1/2 spin particle require at least one extra dimension?

Alpha decay occurs when the two protons and two neutrons (which are bound together by entangled tubes), become un-entangled from the rest of the nucleons

. Beta decay occurs when the tube of a down quark/gluon in a neutron becomes overtwisted and breaks producing a twisted torus (neutrino) and an up quark, and the ejected electron. The production of the torus may help explain the “Symmetry Violation” in Beta Decay, because one end of the broken tube section is connected to the other end of the tube produced, like a snake eating its tail. The phenomenon of Supercoiling involving twist and writhe cycles may reveal how overtwisted quarks can produce these new particles. The conversion of twists into writhes, and vice-versa, is an interesting process, which is also found in DNA molecules. Could the production of multiple writhe cycles help explain the three generations of quarks and neutrinos? If the twist cycles increase, the writhe cycles would also have a tendency to increase.

Gamma photons are produced when a tube unwinds producing electromagnetic waves. ( Mass=1/Length )

The “Electric Charge” of electrons or positrons would be the result of one twist cycle being displayed at the 3D-4D surface interface of the particle. The physical entanglement of twisted tubes in quarks within protons and neutrons and mesons displays an overall external surface charge of an integer number. Because the neutrinos do not have open tube ends, (They are a twisted torus.) they have no overall electric charge.

Within this model a black hole could represent a quantum of gravity, because it is one cycle of spatial gravitational curvature. Therefore, instead of a graviton being a subatomic particle it could be considered to be a black hole. The overall gravitational attraction would be caused by a very tiny curvature imbalance within atoms.

In this model Alpha equals the compactification ratio within the twistor cone, which is approximately 1/137.

1= Hypertubule diameter at 4D interface

137= Cone’s larger end diameter at 3D interface where the photons are absorbed or emitted.

The 4D twisted Hypertubule gets longer or shorter as twisting or untwisting occurs. (720 degrees per twist cycle.)

How many neutrinos are left over from the Big Bang? They have a small mass, but they could be very large in number. Could this help explain Dark Matter?

Why did Paul Dirac use the twist in a belt to help explain particle spin? Is Dirac’s belt trick related to this model? Is the “Quantum” unit based on twist cycles?

I started out imagining a subatomic Einstein-Rosen Bridge whose internal surface is twisted with either a Right-Hand twist, or a Left-Hand twist producing a twisted 3D/4D membrane. This topological Soliton model grew out of that simple idea. I was also trying to imagine a way to stuff the curvature of a 3 D sine wave into subatomic particles.

[tombombadyl]

You speak as though the jury is no longer out. It is. And it may be out for a very, very long time. The alternatives aren’t looking very promising either. The problem is hard.

[Kenshiroit]

This ten years promise, it reminds me the soviet five years plan. It was always four years away