It's not necessarily a debate I'm looking for, and I guess it can count as entertainment depending on who you are. But if this topic is in the wrong section, please feel free to move it...

I am currently doing research for a project of mine on seeing how cymatics can be used to demonstrate/prove string theory, and I would love to hear what anyone else has to say on the matter. Again, I'm not looking for a debate. We are speaking theoretically here (hence string THEORY). So any input?

A little info on the two if it helps refresh your minds, or maybe it'll let others get in on the conversation...

Cymatics: is the study of visible sound co vibration, a subset of modal phenomena "short video"

String Theory: a theory in physics in which tiny, vibrating stringlike objects have vibration modes that correspond to elementary particles existing in a space-time that has more dimensions than the familiar three dimensions of space. "easy to understand video"

Please ping! Thank you. :)

Honestly, all that I understand about space-time I learned from Doctor Who. XD But I think it's all fascinating. I don't really understand it very deeply, but it's interesting nonetheless.

Hm, I've actually never watched Doctor Who before. I wasn't aware it discussed topics like this. Maybe I should check it out.

I don't know much about either, so this could entirely be wrong logic, but here it goes. ;)

Sound is our perception of a mechanical pressure wave displaced in some sort of medium (or the wave itself, depending on its definition). Considering strings in string theory are very, very minute, one would need a very sensitive recorder/material for cymatics to detect and record the physical changes. This is assuming the strings are in our dimension. What happens if the strings are in a different dimension? How would that work?

Oops! I forgot to reply to this. D:

Well, they are theorized to not be in our dimension. In the physical world of what our senses can perceive, there are 4 dimensions - 3 of space (up/down, left/right/, back/forth) and 1 of time, but for string theory to be possible we would need 10 dimension of space and 1 of time, so 11 total. It is believed that the strings reside somewhere in the other 6 dimensions, and honestly, scientists and researchers don't even know if those other 6 even exist for a fact except from what they have found through the mathematics of the theory. That is why they are conducting tests. Unfortunately, the energy that would be observed for string theory to be real is not yet detectible with our current technology today.

(I couldn't tell whether you were asking about detecting the patterns, sounds, dimensions, or strings, so I'm not sure if I properly answered your question. If not, let me know.)

It's okay! :3 So many dimensions honestly boggle me as it is hard enough to envision more than four. I feel as though trying to detect other dimensions at the moment is too advanced for our level of technology and knowledge. I can definitely see how cymatics could be used in all of this, but right now, it's not plausible. Can machines like the Large Hadron Collider detect any other dimensions? Because I thought everything was still working in the realm of the limited dimensions we can perceive (just on a far more minute scale)? I hope the paper went/is going well for you. ;O; Sorry, I can't be of much assistance. I will just admire these topics from afar haha. xD