M&D p.54-- spoiled, rotten even.

[jporter]

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>From GR, p. 1: "No, this is not a disentaglement from, but a progressive
knotting into..." Well, in M&D, on page 54 we have a mini "set piece" on
knots, with an extra bonus, a lightly covered worm hole to the present and
Superstring theory. The tip off is "the Boatswain [pronounced Bosun], Mr.
Higgs" which pretty clearly is a reference to the theorized symmetry
breaking mechanism put forth by Peter Higgs (and Philip Anderson), and
depends on the yet to be found "Higgs boson." This putative particle would
effectively tie together all the loose ends (or most of them) of
superstring theory, and would account for why the various fermions and
their boson partners have different masses, as well as some of the other
seemingly assymmetric qualities of reality.

Pynchon is incredible. From the planck-length to the sailor's hitch- How
many levels does this guy operate on simultaneously?


Breathless,

jody