Someone was either fucking with me or is just fucked up... either way, this conversation was bizarre and lots of fun:
LoveNeuroscience: Hello, I have a question...
Greeneneon: yes...
LoveNeuroscience: it's about the book you wrote, Fabric of the Cosmos
LoveNeuroscience: Do you think that there are more than 1 dimension of time?
Greeneneon: wrong Brian Greene
LoveNeuroscience: ?
LoveNeuroscience: aren't you Brian Greene?
LoveNeuroscience: I am a physics student
Greeneneon: i'm a brian greene
Greeneneon: not that brian greene
LoveNeuroscience: :-(
LoveNeuroscience: sorry...
LoveNeuroscience: do you know about dimensions of time anyways?
Greeneneon: of course... who doesn't?
LoveNeuroscience: are you a physicists too?
LoveNeuroscience: physicist*
Greeneneon: so far from it
LoveNeuroscience: well, are there any mathematical models that support the theory of multiple time dimensions, possibly infinite dimensions?
Greeneneon: yes
LoveNeuroscience: could you tell me about them, please?
Greeneneon: i could, but it's too complicated to explain on IM
Greeneneon: plus i usually get paid for tutoring
LoveNeuroscience: tutoring in math?
LoveNeuroscience: what subjects do you tutor?
Greeneneon: sociology of popular culture
Greeneneon: specifically the effects of TRL on teenage society
Greeneneon: it's fascinating
LoveNeuroscience: the mtv show?
Greeneneon: that's the one
LoveNeuroscience: oh
Greeneneon: it seriously messes kids up
Greeneneon: studies have proved it
LoveNeuroscience: I think that show is quite silly
Greeneneon: i concur
LoveNeuroscience: kids should be learning about other things instead...lke physics
Greeneneon: couldn't agree more
LoveNeuroscience: mtv is nonsense
Greeneneon: from my research, i've gotten to know the writers there... i should tell them to put physics lessons into the show
LoveNeuroscience: absolutly! good idea
LoveNeuroscience: are you doing undergrad, grad, or postdoc research, out of curiousity?
Greeneneon: it's independent study
Greeneneon: so i don't have to pay tuition
LoveNeuroscience: oh - for undergraduate studies?
Greeneneon: no, i'm done with undergrad
LoveNeuroscience: oh ok
Greeneneon: but i can never stop learning about stuff
Greeneneon: like those GI Joe interstitials... "knowing is half the battle"
LoveNeuroscience: I agree.. I feel the same way about science
LoveNeuroscience: I agree!
LoveNeuroscience: I'm sorry... I just saw that you were Brian Greene and couldn't resist talking to you
Greeneneon: no problem... it happens all the time
LoveNeuroscience: really?
LoveNeuroscience: you're research on trl sounds very interesting
Greeneneon: it gets me through the day
Greeneneon: better than a real job
LoveNeuroscience: :-)
LoveNeuroscience: Nice talking to you. Good luck with your research...And sorry about the mistaken identity.
Greeneneon: no problem
LoveNeuroscience: btw, I'm going to your book signing at Union Square on Wednesday. I'm so excited.
Greeneneon: then i'll see you there
LoveNeuroscience: haha