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#204 – Cumrun Vafa: String Theory

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Loop Quantum Gravity - Is There a Connection?

In string theory, there are two different kinds of photons. One photon measures one over L, the other one measures L. And when the space gets smaller, it says, oh no, you better use a bigger perspective because the smaller one is harder to deal with. So these examples of loop quantum gravity have none of these features.

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