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Re:Which of the Basic Assumptions of Modern Physics are Wrong? by pwang on Thursday May 31, 2012 @12:01AM (#4046289)
> Firstly, neither string theory or "gravity leakage" or more than 4 dimensions of space-time are even remotely accepted theories in physics or cosmology.

So tell me please: Why are people like Brian Greene able to obtain the funding to make TV series like http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/fabric-of-cosmos.html and get public speaking engagements like https://secure2.convio.net/ata/site/Ecommerce/3120701?VIEW_P..., when they should be getting the popular attention of a Usenet crackpot?

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Re:Which of the Basic Assumptions of Modern Physics are Wrong? by InclinedPlane on Thursday May 31, 2012 @02:44AM (#4046712)
Are you implying that TV funding is tantamount to scientific authority? Are we to believe dragons and white walkers are accepted scientific fact along with mitochondrial eve being a cylon hybrid?

Don't be ridiculous.

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Re:Which of the Basic Assumptions of Modern Physics are Wrong? by pwang on Tuesday June 05, 2012 @04:44AM (#4067928)
Nice straw man!

And how many dragons and white walkers and Cylons are featured by Nova specials, the Discovery Channel, and get pop-sci articles written up in Scientific American?

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