Here's why String Theory doesn't work.
I know lots of atheists who pin there hopes on the ideas behind string theory, that the universe somehow spontaneously generated from a non-physical field based on the properties of physics. They believe that there is some type of non-physical field based on physics from which the universe popped up. Once upon a time there was a Great Disturbance in the Force that created the Universe. They most often compare it to the way bubbles form in a bottle of soda. I hate to disappoint, but this idea does not stand up to scrutiny.
The biggest conundrum is the differences between the bubble generated in the soda and the universe generated in nothing. The bubble in the soda is made out of material already in the soda, and even when it reaches the surface of the liquid, it is bounded by the liquid it formed in. When that surface dissipates, the bubble pops and the material is released in the air. This is way different than the idea of a universe spontaneously generating from a non-physical source.
But that is really not the biggest weakness in string theory. It turns out we know that bubbles are very limited in size based on their nature. You can't blow a bubble the size of the Empire State Building very easily or out of just any material, because the laws of physics make bubbles fragile. The forces outside the bubble quickly come to equalize the force of the bubble's expansion and stop it from continuing to expand. The mass of the surrounding material limits the ability of the bubble because the bubble has relatively little force or mass in comparison.
The universe is doing the opposite of this. It is expanding faster and faster all the time, and that is a deadly situation for string theory. After a few billion years the universe should have begun to stabilize against the force that created it, and here we are...a few billion years later. The increased expansion of the universe means one of two things.
It means either one, the non-physical physics-based force that was supposed to create the universe lacks the force or mass necessary to generate the kind of power necessary to create a bubble that becomes the universe we have, that, despite the vast empty distances, is still made of trillions and trillions of tons of material. Or two, there is no such ethereal force and we are expanding into a vast, infinite field of nothingness, the only real conclusion that can logically be reached.
Either way, it means the slow death of string theory, as the power of the singularity that gave rise to the universe was incredibly powerful, and the forces that created it must be in some direct way far more powerful to make the creation of the universe possible. Those hoping on string theory need to look elsewhere for their hope.
The biggest conundrum is the differences between the bubble generated in the soda and the universe generated in nothing. The bubble in the soda is made out of material already in the soda, and even when it reaches the surface of the liquid, it is bounded by the liquid it formed in. When that surface dissipates, the bubble pops and the material is released in the air. This is way different than the idea of a universe spontaneously generating from a non-physical source.
But that is really not the biggest weakness in string theory. It turns out we know that bubbles are very limited in size based on their nature. You can't blow a bubble the size of the Empire State Building very easily or out of just any material, because the laws of physics make bubbles fragile. The forces outside the bubble quickly come to equalize the force of the bubble's expansion and stop it from continuing to expand. The mass of the surrounding material limits the ability of the bubble because the bubble has relatively little force or mass in comparison.
The universe is doing the opposite of this. It is expanding faster and faster all the time, and that is a deadly situation for string theory. After a few billion years the universe should have begun to stabilize against the force that created it, and here we are...a few billion years later. The increased expansion of the universe means one of two things.
It means either one, the non-physical physics-based force that was supposed to create the universe lacks the force or mass necessary to generate the kind of power necessary to create a bubble that becomes the universe we have, that, despite the vast empty distances, is still made of trillions and trillions of tons of material. Or two, there is no such ethereal force and we are expanding into a vast, infinite field of nothingness, the only real conclusion that can logically be reached.
Either way, it means the slow death of string theory, as the power of the singularity that gave rise to the universe was incredibly powerful, and the forces that created it must be in some direct way far more powerful to make the creation of the universe possible. Those hoping on string theory need to look elsewhere for their hope.
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