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    2 Dimensions does not a (string) 'theory' Make.

    "No 2d model can represent a universe___Such models are quite illusory, are they not...? Everyone using 2d models tries to reduce them down to something real, when in fact, there's only 3d/4d models of the real universe... Once one interprets a true 2d model, it disappears___Illusion. Take the atomic structure out of a 3d model, and where is it?___Gone... All that truly exists is 3d/4d___Particles and motion..." - Lloyd
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    "All things come out of the one and the one out of all things." - Heraclitus
    "Reality is an illusion - albeit a persistent one." - Einstein
    "Particles give me a headache." - Ibid

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    Re: 2 Dimensions does not a (string) 'theory' Make.

    I've answered this in the thread where the quote comes from.

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    Re: 2 Dimensions does not a (string) 'theory' Make.

    When one ponders of 2D objects, they ponder upon the reflections of shadows.
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    Re: 2 Dimensions does not a (string) 'theory' Make.

    Quote Originally Posted by neutralino View Post
    I've answered this in the thread where the quote comes from.
    Neutralino's response to the above quote by Lloyd:
    "Of course a 2 dimensional surface is not a model of the universe. However, the 3 dimensional surface of a 4 dimensional sphere is a conceivable model of the universe. This surface (called S^3 amongst mathematicians) is topologically equivalent to the surface of a 3-sphere, but we cannot picture what it would look like. Therefore, I used the lower dimensional model to try and emphasize the point that there are models of the universe that have no centre. I hope that this has emphasized it sufficiently."

    Dear Neutralino:

    There are no three dimensional 'surfaces' - only charges of EM that become more dense as the center of a '3-D' system (electron, for example) is approached.

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    (George Berkeley, 1710) ... lay the beginning in a distinct explication of what is meant by thing, reality, existence: for in vain shall we dispute concerning the real existence of things, or pretend to any knowledge thereof, so long as we have not fixed the meaning of those words.

    "All things come out of the one and the one out of all things." - Heraclitus
    "Reality is an illusion - albeit a persistent one." - Einstein
    "Particles give me a headache." - Ibid

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    Re: 2 Dimensions does not a (string) 'theory' Make.

    Quote Originally Posted by dleviwing View Post
    When one ponders of 2D objects, they ponder upon the reflections of shadows.
    An excellent example of a 2D reality David.

    Best,

    Pat


 

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