String theory, if correct, would be the ultimate failure in democracy: richly populated with possible worlds but granting the privilege of reality to only one of its many citizens.

• 假如弦论是正确的，那将代表民主的终极失败：聚集了这麽多种可能的世界，却仅将真实的殊荣赐给了这许多成员的其中之一。