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Many versions of string theory not only add a single additional dimension, but 11 dimensions. One problem is defining the shape of those dimensions. Each shap
by aeternum 6y ago
Many versions of string theory not only add a single additional dimension, but 11 dimensions.
One problem is defining the shape of those dimensions. Each shape would result in a different universe and different predictions.
- tmsh 6y agoTrue yeah. Seems like the simplest to start with would be one more dimension though. I don't know enough about string theory to know why they always add so many more dimensions. Seems a bit data-fit-oriented but maybe short-sighted. I mean it's likely, like the OP article linked here sort of indicates, there's some sort of symmetrical structure. So maybe an electron moves through one or two other dimensions. But yeah, maybe string theorists know stuff I don't.