Why is there anytthing at all? (Introduction)

by Carl, Monday, September 08, 2008, 20:41 (5918 days ago) @ David Turell

My previous post was just a little flight of fancy. I understand that the gravitational effect of the earth's mass would be the same whether it was a black hole or a giant marshmallow, so that it would have no effect on the universe at large.
I too wish the Texas collider had been built. We would have been much further along than we are now. The possible result from the LHC that puzzles me the most is the possibility of more dimensions. I cannot conceive how that would be manifest, or what type of calculations would be involved.