There seems to be opinions from string theory advocates according to Dr. Edward Witten, About Space and Time being Illusions.
I find this to be quite a bold statement from a theoretical Science that has yet to be proven, and is not very well understood.The article can be found in Astronomy Magazine online.
Here we go again with yet another opinion on where String theory is going and its implications. here is a quote from this article,
Quote:
A: Many physicists have suggested that such seemingly intuitive concepts as "space" and "time" might be illusions — that they may be approximations of something deeper. What does string theory say? EW: It does very much look, in the context of string theory, that space and time are approximations that are good for ordinary purposes. If you have a human-size distance, like three meters, or a human-size time period, like … five seconds, time is a good notion and space is a good notion. But when you get down to very, very tiny levels — even below the subatomic level — it looks like our ordinary notions of space and time break down. We don't really understand what's behind space-time — it's probably tied up with the fact that we don't yet understand the basic ideas that string theory is based on :end Quote.
Oh boy what a big can of worms! Does anyone really believe in such a speculative theory? IS there a War on current accepted theories?
Im not sure what to believe in myself. since it is purely Hypothetical at Least, and the statement that we really dont know whats behind Space and Time is also included in this Statement .
Dennis
