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

[davemarc]

> From: jporter <jp4321 at IDT.NET>
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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
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> 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
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> 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.
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> Pynchon is incredible. From the planck-length to the sailor's hitch- How
> many levels does this guy operate on simultaneously?
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O thankyouthankyouthankyou!  This is what this list thing's all about.  

How many levels does he operate on?  As many levels as he chooses, it
seems....

Now as for "supersymmetry"--I think this may be more like, as you may be
suggesting, assymetry, as well as superb-referentiality.  But it's still
early in the book....

Feel free to provide more details on what, if anything "supersymmetry" and
"assymetry" mean in this context.  I'm interested.

davemarc