String theory

Last week I saw the physicist Brian Greene on The Colbert Report. It reminded me of when Bunny and Mr. T were in grad school and I would sneak into Bunny's office at night and read her particle physics theory books. When are they going to find that Higgs particle? Anyway, Dr. Greene talked a lot about String Theory. I don't know about the 11 dimensions, but the idea of the universe being made up of strings seems eminently sensible to me. It would mean we're all woven together in one big binkie.

Brian Greene is an interesting human. There's actually an entry on him in Wikipedia. He's committed to popularizing science, particularly string theory, and has produced several episodes of NOVA based on his books. He's kind of a modern day Carl Sagan. Speaking of Sagan, Mr. T came home one day and said he felt very old at work that day, because he mentioned Carl Sagan in class and none of his students knew who that was.