Very interesting discussion, good thinking renormalised, this is exactly the kind of discussions I was looking forward to, Bojan, great answering to
Now first of all, because quantum mechanics laws are so different to the ones of general relativity, is it not that if string theory was found to be correct, would we not find very puzzling questions, such as what happens in a black hole etc.. and if so, we would be finding more theories on more things, so, we are not so far exactly sure on what strings are made of, but we are hoping, that we will, by applying those things such as what happens in a black hole, and apply them to these strings so like that we DO know these things about the strings.
Also in quantum mechanics, it states that everything is 11-Dimensional, if that makes any sense, so what happens in the sub-atomic level, happens in other parallel universes, and if string theory unifies quantum mechanics and general relativity, that we wouldn't be surprised, that what happens to the strings, ALSO happen in other parallel universes, which kind of means, that there may be other neighboring universes, which is something that is very odd, and doesn't make much sense, but anyway, if string theory is the unified theory, then what happens to strings DOES happen to other neighboring universes, and like, that it kind of is an illusion, to answer the illusion part.
The fundamentals, to tell you the truth I am not exactly sure on that one, sorry, but Bojan I think can explain more than me on this question.
Great discussion everyone, exactly the sort of discussion i would like to see more of on this thread
Regards
Sebastien.