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Re: Superstrings cannot be 'fundamental'Posted by DickT on July 21, 2002 at 18:16:35: In Reply to: Re: Superstrings cannot be 'fundamental' posted by Jfnewell7 on July 21, 2002 at 07:00:52: Jim, How can one dimensional objects have mass and tension? , the same way a dimensionless point, as the electron is represented, can. Mass in quantum theory is not a quantity of stuff, but a number associated with some things and not with others. Nor is the string resolved into points. It is taken, with its wiggles, mass and tension and all, as "elementary", again, in just the same sense as an electron is an elementary particle. That means it is what it is and is not to be dissected. Quantum physicists have no problem with this. They have seen enough of elementary reasoning in their earlier theories. But outsiders, especially those who never had occasion to come to grips with quantum theory, still have problems with it. Regards, Follow Ups: (Reload page to see most recent)
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