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jstan
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Nov 17, 2013 - 01:22am PT
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKejAW0IaDA
The internet is rife with layman's explanations of some complicated things. Understanding something is great. It is also great to get a bath in the real complexity - occasionally.
This is one. The search is on to find how it is the four forces, gravity, E&M, strong force( quarks) and the weak force have the strengths they do. String theory seems not to be advancing, some say, and this talk goes back to the Kalusa Klein model that introduced only one extra dimension back in 1921.
The speaker develops this theory with the express purpose of discovering what accelerator search strategies at the LHC might yield data supporting the 3+1 model.
While in school I sat through lectures that I understood no part of. These lectures were, in some ways, a more important experience than were the ones I understood. Generally, however, I did not have the inclination to listen to these again.
The present speaker is exceptional. One gets the feeling hearing it again might be a good idea.
Here, there is no talking down.
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mouse from merced
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The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Nov 19, 2013 - 12:51am PT
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Yes, I found this humorous...---^^^
I like the way Anastasia drolls.
A gut-buster, a knee-slapper, and a belly laugh!!!
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cintune
climber
The Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
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Nov 22, 2013 - 10:58am PT
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Dunno why van damme is getting all the press; this was way harder:
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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MisterE
climber
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Nov 22, 2013 - 12:22pm PT
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Those were both good - thanks Gunkie and Cintune.
Squishy, this one is also pretty good by the same crew, minus Puddles:
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Gunkie
Trad climber
East Coast US
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That is hilarious.
"You could hear a pin drop if we weren't in a field"
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