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"Much of Greene's work focuses on string theory, a hypothesis that while as yet empirically unproved, is based on math so nearly perfect that many physicists believe there must be something to it. String theory seems to stand up better in situations like "time zero" than Einstein's relativity theories, which fail when applied to the very first instant of the Big Bang."
"It does not exist. It is even an annoyance, if I were to get up and rip this record from the table that holds it, if I were to break it in two, I wouldn't reach it. It is beyond--always beyond something, a voice, a violin note. Through layers and layers of existence, it veils itself, thin and firm, and when you want to seize it, you find only existants, you butt against existants devoid of sense." + N a u s e a + Jean-Paul Sartre
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i wonder if linde's chaotic inflation theory is based on math so nearly perfect. the idea of a physicist hacker god is fun to contemplate:
http://slate.msn.com/id/2100715/
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