13746 - Α walk with a superstring

N. Lygeros
Translated from the Greek by Athena Kehagias

– I played the guitar…
– And why are you upset?
– I broke my string.
– And you haven’t another?
– No.
– You must learn what’s the meaning of a defeat.
– But why;
– Otherwise you will never understand the meaning of strategy.
– and what if I don’t want to?
– You are merely small at present.
– Maybe.
– And what do you want now ?
– I want to play.
– Then let’s take your string.
– The broken one ?
– Yes, that one.
– And what should we do?
– Just look at the intact one.
– I am looking at it.
– What do you see;
– A string.
– But there is also something else there.
– Correct.
– Grab hold of the cord carefully. What do you feel;
– I feel that there is yet another one there.
– Twisted around the other.
– Yes Yes.
– Let’s untwist it then.
– Must I start?
– You want to play now?
– Yes.
– Then we begin.
– Perfect.
– What do you see now?
– That is long.
– While its length was not obvious.
– At first, yes.
– This concept is valuable.
– Why?
– Because it resembles the concept of the superstring.
– What is it;
– What you discovered thanks to that break.