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In reply to the discussion: The Amplituhedron: Newly Discovered Math Object Means "Space & Time May Be Illusions" [View all]Whisp
(24,096 posts)64. This is magic, I love it.
I have not much of a clue what that article really means (I might have to read it about 27 more times), it's just when I read stuff like this it's what I think taking a good hit of a great drug would be (which I don't or did not ever do - yet).
The idea of Everything being Here Now All Over - things, space, time, is so fascinating to me. It's not linear, it's circular - if we knew how we can break through this illusion we have been trapped in for some reason.
wow. man.
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The Amplituhedron: Newly Discovered Math Object Means "Space & Time May Be Illusions" [View all]
kpete
Sep 2013
OP
If time and space don't exist, from your perspective, it always was and always will be your fault.
lumberjack_jeff
Sep 2013
#25
It was a metaphor for illustrative purposes! What is meant about light is ...
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2013
#106
People should read the whole article instead of the "shocking" one liner in the OP title
snooper2
Sep 2013
#13
So if the BIG hand is on the "six" and the LITTLE hand is on the "three", then.....
brooklynite
Sep 2013
#18
I had a hallucinatory experience where such a jewel continually unfolded out of my mind's eye
KittyWampus
Sep 2013
#33
Stay Calm. The object explains a toy theory (one of Yang-Mills) and nothing more yet.
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2013
#38
The holographic universe is still very much with us. See "quantum entanglement".
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2013
#62
Did you just accuse someone of sexism because you're clueless about science?
DisgustipatedinCA
Sep 2013
#82
227 posts, with at least two false accusations meant to hide ignorance.
DisgustipatedinCA
Sep 2013
#86
"Testable" is actually called "falsifiable" and it comes in many forms...
Gravitycollapse
Sep 2013
#94
If you want someone to tell you life isn't absurd, go to church. If you want a philosopher...
Gravitycollapse
Sep 2013
#95
If you click on the link for the duality of string and quantum field theory in the article,
Benton D Struckcheon
Sep 2013
#111
I'm always amazed when some concept like "a newly discovered mathematical object...
KansDem
Sep 2013
#48
I guess this means I never have to worry about being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
bluedigger
Sep 2013
#55
This is a toy model in physics. Which means it is a simplification for the purposes of calculation.
Gravitycollapse
Sep 2013
#99
Reminds me of dreaming, when time and space do not conform to normal consciousness,
Coyotl
Sep 2013
#100
YouTube video of Nima Arkani-Hamed talking (& answering a few questions) about The Amplituhedron
Petrushka
Sep 2013
#114