Esther just made an interesting request. It’s the time of year when we all wrap presents, and est wants to know if someone can make a ‘wrapping theory’. Her logic is, as ever, infallible: if there exists a theory of string, there should be a theory of wrapping paper. This theory should answer questions such as why things like clothes are so hard to wrap.

I guess it would be related to brane theory: this, as far as I know, says superstrings are like membranes in other dimensions. However, I personally prefer art to science. Mind you, the two seem to converge rather nicely inasmuch as they both state that absolute truth is unknowable: lyotard’s postmodernism and Schrdinger and Hinesburg’s uncertainty both lead one to conclude that everything comes down to objectivity. What holds true for one person may not be true for another. It follows, then, that the idea of objective truth is unknowable, kind of like a present inside wrapping paper!