tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212234230338648875.post1621908700104234299..comments2024-03-27T20:43:05.862-07:00Comments on The Eternal Universe: Can string theory accommodate inflation?Joseph Smidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02583891162785742138noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212234230338648875.post-88779436093010836802007-09-13T14:20:00.000-07:002007-09-13T14:20:00.000-07:00By the way, the number of Nobel Prizes and citatio...By the way, the number of Nobel Prizes and citations a theory produces from experimental evidence papers is the true measure of how "true" your theory is.<BR/><BR/>This is Science-Truthiness. Back off Steven Colbert.Joseph Smidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02583891162785742138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212234230338648875.post-32261575936263199022007-09-13T14:14:00.000-07:002007-09-13T14:14:00.000-07:00Well, when string theory is producing Nobel Prizes...Well, when string theory is producing Nobel Prizes for experimental evidence for the theory:<BR/>http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2006/press.html<BR/><BR/>And the highest cited papers in a ~ five year period in all of science:<BR/><BR/>http://www.in-cites.com/hotpapers/shp/1-50.html<BR/><BR/>Then we might actually have a reasonable battle on our hands. Right now I think inflationary LambdaCDM cosmology is on very, very safe and secure ground.<BR/><BR/>However, maybe string theory is still safe. The actual paper says it may be able to produce inflation in more complex versions of string theory. But, at some point you spend more time coming up with a more and more complex theory that all the physics that could have been done with more simple Effect field theories is being wasted.<BR/><BR/>There are a couple professors and one new post-doc here that deal with string theory issues. I want to talk with them about this.Joseph Smidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02583891162785742138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212234230338648875.post-2593972886831298222007-09-13T13:49:00.000-07:002007-09-13T13:49:00.000-07:00It sounds like at some point in the future, things...It sounds like at some point in the future, things are shaping up nicely for a Joe vs. Jared, Cosmology vs. String Theory, no holds barred, physics throw down. Jared may be a lean, mean, karate machine, but nobody - and I mean nobody - walks around with white board markers like Joe.<BR/><BR/>I'd definitely pay to see Joe and Jared go at it for their respective fields. May the best theoretician win.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367937708444729356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212234230338648875.post-42890014183967709412007-09-13T01:13:00.000-07:002007-09-13T01:13:00.000-07:00I suggest that both string theory and inflation th...I suggest that both string theory and inflation theory need to be abandoned and replaced by a theory that acts nonlocally and from extra large scale spatial dimensions in addition to all the forces.<BR/><BR/>Given a nonlocal hidden variables interpretation, the nature of the further cause can be deduced and diagramatically represented from the evidence of wave and entanglement behaviour as described in quantum mechanics.<BR/><BR/>The action of the cause can explain the formation of large scale structure as cosmic voids, galaxies and galactic clusters, as well as the close measured relationship between the cosmic expansion acceleration rate and Milgrom' law of rotating spiral galaxies. Milgrom's law thus being the result of an additional effect to that of gravity rather than of MOND.<BR/><BR/>A nonlocal causal theory can thus also obviate the need for non-baryonic dark matter. The behavior of spiral galaxies, galaxy clusters and the amount of cosmic lensing thus being large scale effects of a cause that also produces the quantum wave.merlin woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13272673516587846017noreply@blogger.com