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The 11th Dimension Blog

WHY SETTLE FOR A LIST OF ONLY TEN
WHEN OUR LISTS GO TO ELEVEN?

CURRENT LISTS

ACHIEVES

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

The 11th Dimension really is a thing, or at least, a theoretical thing. An idea known as “M-theory” proposes the existence of 11 spacetime dimensions (10 spatial dimensions and 1 time dimension). Before M-theory, there were five different versions of superstring theory, each appearing to be distinct and unrelated. These theories were formulated in 10 dimensions (9 spatial dimensions and 1 temporal dimension). The creation of M-theory and its 11-dimensional framework provided a unifying context in which all five string theories could be understood as different limits or aspects of a single underlying theory. This unification is a significant step towards the goal of a Theory of Everything (ToE), which aims to describe all known fundamental forces and particles within a single theoretical framework. All of which kind of sounds like a debate over, “How many Angels can dance on the head of a pin,” but who knows, maybe there’s something to it?

It wasn’t theoretical science that first inspired the 11th Dimension Blog; it was Spinal Tap.

Marty DiBergi: Does that mean it’s louder? Is it any louder?

Nigel Tufnel: Well, it’s one louder, isn’t it? It’s not ten. You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You’re on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you’re on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where?

Marty DiBergi: I don’t know.

Nigel Tufnel: Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do?

Marty DiBergi: Put it up to eleven.

Nigel Tufnel: Eleven. Exactly. One louder.

Marty DiBergi: Why don’t you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder?

Nigel Tufnel: [pause] These go to eleven.

This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

Important Note: If you have not seen This is Spinal Tap (1984) by now, what are you waiting for? Trust us, you’re really missing out. Drop what you are doing, right now, and go watch it.