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When you listen to some contemporary physicists like Nima Arkani-Hamed they seem to disagree, i.e. they believe that neither time nor space are fundamental prop
by danbruc 11y ago
When you listen to some contemporary physicists like Nima Arkani-Hamed they seem to disagree, i.e. they believe that neither time nor space are fundamental properties of our universe but instead emerge from something more fundamental. [1] This leads of course to some really hard problems and especially it is no longer clear what physics is even about. It used to be the science of things moving through space over time, but what if you lose space and time?
[1] http://www.cornell.edu/video/nima-arkani-hamed-spacetime-is-doomed http://www.cornell.edu/video/nima-arkani-hamed-spacetime-is-...
- DougMerritt 11y ago> they believe that neither time nor space are fundamental properties of our universe but instead emerge from something more fundamental. Yes, this has gained increasing acceptance ever since its first (?) suggestion from the late illustrious John Archibald Wheeler in the 1960s, and it is a very compelling idea, although yes, it makes it hard to conceive what we may be talking about. > like Nima Arkani-Hamed they seem to disagree, I missed it, who's disagreeing with whom about what? The parent comment doesn't seem to have content disagreeing, unless I'm missing something.