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> [It's indeed surprising that replacing the elementary particle with a string leads to such a big change in things. I'm tempted to say that it has to do with the fuzziness it introduces.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-witten/it-s-indeed-surprising-that-replacing-the-elementary-particle-with-a/)

[Edward Witten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-witten/)

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> [String theory is an attempt at a deeper description of nature by thinking of an elementary particle not as a little point but as a little loop of vibrating string.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-witten/string-theory-is-an-attempt-at-a-deeper-description-of-nature-by/)

[Edward Witten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-witten/)

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## More by Edward Witten

> [As for the forces, electromagnetism and gravity we experience in everyday life. But the weak and strong forces are beyond our ordinary experience. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-witten/as-for-the-forces-electromagnetism-and-gravity-we-experience-in/)

[Edward Witten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-witten/)

> [I'm actually, for the most part, a complete agnostic politically.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-witten/i-m-actually-for-the-most-part-a-complete-agnostic-politically/)

[Edward Witten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-witten/)

> [“If one of the five theories describes our univers, who lives in the other four worlds”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-witten/if-one-of-the-five-theories-describes-our-univers-who-lives-in-the/)

[Edward Witten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-witten/)

> [The theory has to be interpreted that extra dimensions beyond the ordinary four dimensions the three spatial dimensions plus time are sufficiently small that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-witten/the-theory-has-to-be-interpreted-that-extra-dimensions-beyond-the/)

[Edward Witten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-witten/)

> [You enter a completely new world where things aren't at all what you're used to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-witten/you-enter-a-completely-new-world-where-things-aren-t-at-all-what-you/)

[Edward Witten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-witten/)

> [On the other hand, we don't understand the theory too completely, and because of this fuzziness of spacetime, the very concept of spacetime and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-witten/on-the-other-hand-we-don-t-understand-the-theory-too-completely-and/)

[Edward Witten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-witten/)

> [As of now, string theorists have no explanation of why there are three large dimensions as well as time, and the other dimensions are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-witten/as-of-now-string-theorists-have-no-explanation-of-why-there-are-three/)

[Edward Witten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-witten/)

> [Technically you need the extra dimensions. At first people didn't like them too much, but they've got a big benefit, which is that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-witten/technically-you-need-the-extra-dimensions-at-first-people-didn-t-like/)

[Edward Witten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-witten/)

> [In Einstein's general relativity the structure of space can change but not its topology. Topology is the property of something that doesn't change when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-witten/in-einstein-s-general-relativity-the-structure-of-space-can-change/)

[Edward Witten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-witten/)

> [Having those extra dimensions and therefore many ways the string can vibrate in many different directions turns out to be the key to being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-witten/having-those-extra-dimensions-and-therefore-many-ways-the-string-can/)

[Edward Witten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-witten/)

> [Even before string theory, especially as physics developed in the 20th century, it turned out that the equations that really work in describing nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-witten/even-before-string-theory-especially-as-physics-developed-in-the-20th/)

[Edward Witten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-witten/)

> [I just think too many nice things have happened in string theory for it to be all wrong. Humans do not understand it very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-witten/i-just-think-too-many-nice-things-have-happened-in-string-theory-for/)

[Edward Witten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-witten/)

> [It's indeed surprising that replacing the elementary particle with a string leads to such a big change in things. I'm tempted to say that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-witten/it-s-indeed-surprising-that-replacing-the-elementary-particle-with-a/)

[Edward Witten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-witten/)

> [One of the basic things about a string is that it can vibrate in many different shapes or forms, which gives music its beauty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-witten/one-of-the-basic-things-about-a-string-is-that-it-can-vibrate-in-many/)

[Edward Witten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-witten/)

> [Quantum mechanics brought an unexpected fuzziness into physics because of quantum uncertainty, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. String theory does so again because a point…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-witten/quantum-mechanics-brought-an-unexpected-fuzziness-into-physics/)

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