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Brian Greene Lecture
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COMMENT 378916
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2013-02-26 02:31 PM |
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He is smart - but does no constructive research in the very fields he is talking about. He is more of an entertainer than physicist/mathematician - where as Carl Sagan was both. His Cosmos series on PBS has yet to be matched. This whole debate on multi-verses is really more fluff that substance - I'd rather he focus more on quantum theory topics like the Higgs-Boson particle.
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MENEUSH
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2013-02-26 10:25 PM |
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Thanks for the lovely synopsis, so sorry I couldn't attend. The problem with not understanding most of these concepts is that the explanations all tend to sound like baloney, but the fault, and ignorance, is truly mine. There is the ground-breaking science, and then there is the attempted translation of the science for the lay public; both require genius. Thanks again...
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COMMENT 379515
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2013-02-27 03:53 PM |
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Thank you for the kind words regarding my synopsis. There are a number of challenges in the area of Greene's research. Verifying these theories of string theory and of multiverses both seem beyond our current measurement abilities. But Greene is actively looking for signals that may be a result of universes interacting with each other. So it is not all speculation. It is true that his publications peaked in the late 1990s. But he continues to publish within the past year. His 82 citeable papers have been cited 5,496 times. I think he is more than an armchair speculator and/or entertainer. -- Robert
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