Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Tim_Lou
What other ways can a person detect/define a particle otherwise? besides observing severe distortion of force fields? hmm.... and how would a person observe a particle without another particle? if a particle is only well defined in relation with another particle, what does it mean?
|
String theory is an attempt to describe a "particle" as other than a speherical dimensionless point. It describes the particle as a vibrating string and/or membrane.
A person would not, could not, should not, observe a particle without another particle. Chirality rules duality.
----------------
semantics is not always just pedantic quibbling. ~ douglas r. hofstadter
