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But we do have to worry about the theories we have of human nature, because human nature will be changed by the theories we have that are designed to explain and help us understand human beings.
Mathematical string theories suggest descriptions of this unification, in addition to a fundamental structure for sub-atomic quarks and electrons.
We had gone hunting for pills but we ended up finding theories.
However, recent theories in physics, including one called string theory, are now telling us there could be countless other universes, built on different types of particles, with different properties, obeying different laws.
As theories go, it's a beautiful one.
But as theories go, it had a problem.
Dark energy would probably be harder to understand, but there are some speculative theories out there that might point the way.
Among them are theories that go back to that first great idea of the ancient Greeks, the idea that we began with several minutes ago, the idea that the universe must be simple.
These theories predict that there is just a single element from which all the universe's wonderful diversity stems, a vibrating string.
Unfortunately, string theories today are, as yet, untestable.
It turns out that string theory isn't one theory at all, but a whole collection of theories.
Let's walk through three of today's more prevalent theories, using the same restaurant setting for each.
Wigner pointed out that many purely mathematical theories developed in a vacuum, often with no view towards describing any physical phenomena, have proven decades or even centuries later, to be the framework necessary to explain how the universe has been working all along.
But where do all these discredited theories leave us?
And while there have been several theories attempting to explain why handedness exists in the first place, or why most people are right-handed, a recent mathematical model suggests that the actual ratio reflects a balance between competitive and cooperative pressures on human evolution.
Scientists have several theories about what's behind this deterioration, from actual brain shrinkage, the hippocampus loses 5% of its neurons every decade for a total loss of 20% by the time you're 80 years old to the drop in the production of neurotransmitters, like acetylcholine, which is vital to learning and memory.
And scientists have a lot of theories about why this is, but almost all of them involve nutrition, namely the increase of dairy and meat.
So, after a great deal of scientific research, technological advancement, and persistence, we still don't have any definite answers, but we have some interesting theories.
And those are just a few of the more prominent theories.
But over the course of history, some of our most respected philosophers have put forward some intriguing theories.
There are many theories that attempt to quantify the number of hours, days, and even years of practice that it takes to master a skill.
Over the years, three main theories about the manuscript's text have emerged.
More fringe theories that the book was written by a coven of Italian witches, or even by Martians.
Scientists have theories for what the actual cause is, ranging from spasming blood vessels to overly sensitive nociceptors, but no one knows for sure.
There are two sets of theories, which both say that primarily, choking under pressure boils down to focus.
First, there are the distraction theories.
Explicit monitoring theories make up the second group of explanations for choking under pressure.
Well, both of these theories could explain part of the data, but the difficulties were that the star showed no signs of being young, and there was no glow from any of the material that was heated up by the star's light, and you would expect this if the star was young or if there was a collision and a lot of dust was produced.
It keeps on occurring again and again, from many theories and many experiments, as a great example of the universality which is so dear to us mathematicians.
You have for years been telling me that your experience of these things is not as good as my theories forecast.
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