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#204 – Cumrun Vafa: String Theory
Lex Fridman Podcast
How Do We Intuition the 10 Dimensions?
A theory becomes real or powerful when you can connect it to some deep intuition. So how do we intuit the 10 dimensions? Yes, I will explain how some of the analogies work. We say if you have one dimension and a point, do they intersect typically on a plane? In two-dimension, they intersect at a zero-dimensional point. How about a plane and a line in three-D? A plane is two, and this is two, two plus two is four. Okay, now come to the question: If we are in 10-dimensions, what does that look like?
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