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CaptBewil:
String Theory is an interesting exercise in the problems of science and establishing the 1:1 ratio with the universe that is required.

String Theory was intended to unify all of the major Laws of Physics and for a while, it did.  String Theory predicted that there were tiny strings at a deep sub-atomic level even beyond quarks that vibrated in a harmonic manner.  While an interesting prediction in itself, the original theorist had no mathematical proof.  This is where it became even more interesting and astonding.  As they began to plot out the math to prove their theory, they began to run into road blocks.  One of the solutions to getting around these road blocks was to assume that extra dimensions existed beyond the usual 3.  This opened up the math and allowed them to proceed further until they hit another road block.  "Well there MUST be another dimension!"  In fact, they ended up assuming around 4 extra dimensions existed beyond the usual 3, 7 in total (IIRC).  This was amazing and they were on their way to winning the Nobel Prize!  Then others began attempting to varify by duplicating their work.  The only problem is that the results, while mathematically provable indepandantly, were slightly different.  In fact, between the 6 or 7 mathematically provable String Theories, they predicted all sorts of different shapes and between 6 and 9 different dimensions respectfully.  Surely, 7 Mathematically Provable theories, each with their own unique result, could all be right, could it?  Of course not.  String Theory became the laughing stock of the Scientific Community (ironically, where it started from).

The one thing I think String Theory did prove (or teach us) is that just because you can prove something mathematically, doesn't mean that that's the way it is (even by approximation).

Unfortunately, some did not learn this lesson.  There is currently a group effort to unite all 7 of the String Theories into what's now being called M-Theory.  Last time I checked, they were up to around 23 dimensions in the math (IIRC).  "There just MUST be another dimension!"

Caenus:
Heh, 23 mathematically proven, 60 computationally.

i.e.  we've proven 23, but can perform calculations involving up to 60 dimensions.

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