We Might Be The Holographic Image Of

If String Theory Is Right, The Microscopic Fabric Of Our Universe Is A Richly Intertwined Multidimensional Labyrinth Within Which The Strings Of The Universe Endlessly Twist And Vibrate, Rhythmically Beating Out The Laws Of The Cosmos.

The Beauty Of String Theory Is The Metaphor Kind Of Really Comes Very Close To The Reality. The Strings Of String Theory Are Vibrating The Particles, Vibrating The Forces Of Nature Into Existence, Those Vibrations Are Sort Of Like Musical Notes. So String Theory, If It's Correct, Would Be Playing Out The Score Of The Universe.

In Essence, We String Theorists Have Been Trying To Work Out The Score Of The Universe, The Harmonies Of The Universe, The Mathematical Vibrations That The Strings Would Play. So Musical Metaphors Have Been With Us In Science Since The Beginning.

The Fact That I Don't Have Any Particular Need For Religion Doesn't Mean That I Have A Need To Cast Religion Aside The Way Some Of My Colleagues Do.

To Tell You The Truth, I've Never Met Anybody Who Can Envision More Than Three Dimensions. There Are Some Who Claim They Can, And Maybe They Can; It's Hard To Say.