String theory is the only known theory that selects its own dimensionality. Se newton's laws can be in any dimension, but string theory cannot. Evolution has evolved our brain only to conceptualize in three dimensions. We cannot visualize a higher dimensional object easily because lions and tigers do not charge at us in five, six dimensions. Lions charge at us in three dimensions. And that's why evolution gave us a brain that can very easily conceptualize three dimensions. It was good for survival.
Synthesizing relativity and quantum theory would be the crowning achievement of science, a profound merging of all the forces of nature into one beautiful, magnificent equation to unlock the deepest mysteries in science. In this episode, Michael Shermer speaks with professor of theoretical physics Michio Kaku about: the Big Bang, black holes, worm holes, the multiverse, time travel, dark energy and dark matter, gravity, string theory, ETIs, meaning, and God.