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#204 – Cumrun Vafa: String Theory
Lex Fridman Podcast
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strength theory is a theory of quantum gravity that unifies quantum mechanics and general relativity. It says quarks, electrons and all other particles are made up of much tinier strings of vibrating energy. Strength theory was seen as too good not to be true, but has recently fallen out of favor in the physics community. We don't know which of the ideas in physics may be brought back decades later and be found to solve the biggest mysteries in theoretical physics.
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