Is empty space made of 1-dimensional strings?

If so, how?

 

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Yes.

GR is an effective field theory of string theory.

Think of it like those French impresionist paintings. When you're far away, the painting is nice and smooth. The closer you get, the more it looks like just a mess of brush strokes.

 

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John did you go and see that video I pasted in the other thread ?

 

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>>"French impresionist paintings."

Hum,
But no Pointalism.

 

No, I'm thinking more of ``Water Lillies''.

 

The first four minutes of it. I'll watch the rest later.

 

Are the 1-dimensional strings in empty space vibrating?

 

Ok, because that video answer the question you ask here perfectly.
I will post it here also, so you don't have to look for the other one.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/brian_greene_on_string_theory.html

 

What point are you tryingto make ?

 

Thanks.

 

Empty space is made of emptiness.

 

Others say it's made of 1-dimensional strings. Moreover, it expands.

 

So, what's the difference between the 1-dimensional strings that make up empty space and the 1-dimensional strings that make up matter?

 

Different vibrations.

 

And why should one vibration make matter appear, but another vibration make empty space?

 

I watched the video. So, are you saying that empty space and matter are both made of the same thing, but that they are 1-dimensional strings that vibrate differently?

 

Like I said before, I'm not exactly an authority on string theory.
What I know is what I see and hear from it.
Brain Green IS an authority in the particular area though (the dude in the video).

 

Yes,
The implication is that a particle in one location can pop out of existence, and turn into space or time, or another completely different particle.

 

So, is that how you understand it? That empty space and matter is made of the same thing, which is just different vibrations of 1 dimensional strings?

 

So, is the one-dimensional string just the entry of our brane onto the surface of another higher dimensional object? Sort of like an imaginary plane moving through a hollow ball, and the intersection of the plane and ball would be the 1-dimensional string?