It's that time of year. When my clients change the rules and the schedule I was working from becomes pointless and I have to spend stomach acid-producing hours rushing to get my projects done before they were supposed to be done. That I have to depend on other people to give me material is beside the point. I have to get them done. So I have to threaten people with psychic violence (I'm a physical pacifist, but I have no problem with thinking really hard about breaking someone's knee caps).
So, blogging will be at a minimum for the next few weeks, as I try to complete these projects two weeks earlier than I was planning. Sigh.
In the mean time, you can look at the book I'm reading and tell me if I should even be reading it. I mean, considering that M Theory now exists, should I be reading this book? There are now eleven dimensions, not ten. Besides, M Theory tells us that all versions of String Theory are just different ways of looking at the same thing (Much like Feynman, Schwinger and Tomanga's separate work, with unification by Dyson,on QED many decades ago). Besides, Kaku has kind of become a media whore, spewing out silliness about "the science" of the Matrix and other dorky things for Tech TV. Not only are the topics silly, but he never actually says anything meaningful or remotely scientific (the guy is a theoretical physicist . . . You'd think he couldn't help being scientific). But his hair always looks finely coifed.
So, you tell me. Should I still read this book (hell, I'll still read it no matter what, it's interesting)? Or is it just a diversion from my overall quest? Should I still read it so that my understanding of M Theory will increase?
Or maybe I should find out more about how a beam of light was stopped in its tracks, with all its photons in tact. Now there's something to see.
But, odds are you aren't interested. So here are some punk rock kittens instead. Enjoy.
Huzzah!
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