❝ As the laws of science according to superstring theory (which entail the uncertainty
principle and laws of thermodynamics), tell us four fundamental things about matter
and the nature of matter’s movement in this universe:
1. Matter is symmetrical
2. Matter is hyperspacial
3. Matter is uncertain
4. Matter is entropic
These claims have important consequences for our forms of expression.
If we accept them, we must also accept the claim that, in our universe, representations of matter are more successful when they represent more precisely matter’s form and meaning (matter’s symmetry, uncertainty, and entropy) in multiple dimensions.
Better said: in a wave-composed multi-dimensional universe (in the universe superstring theory claims we live in), wave-composed multi-dimensional representations seem to work best.
But what could a “wave-composed multi-dimensional representation” possibly look like?
And how would it work?
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My answer: a wave-composed multi-dimensional representation would look and work much like
a POEM in a book.
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In a written poem, the form of representation (symbols on a flat page) expresses a three-dimensional (2 space, 1 time) formal pattern which somehow communicates a multi-dimensional thematic pattern (the poem’s content or meaning).
Together, these “patterns” (formal and thematic) constitute what we call the poem’s “meaning.” ❞
ᔥ Joshua Parkinson in “The Consequences of String Theory for Knowledge and Representation”