The alchemists dream achieved.

Two days ago there was an earthquake up in Big Bear. It was a 3.7. On this morning's walk a single aeroplane flew overhead. A perfect causal correlation! It happens rarely but it's hard to argue with perfection.
I've been considering some practical applications of string theory. After all changing the mode of vibration of a tiny strings to change a pure substance like silver to gold should be a problem easily overcome. The obvious problem is that the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle says that as the size of an object ( say an electron) goes down to the size of a string, its energy goes up by about 17 orders of magitude. It requires more energy than we could collectively supply. But there is an out here. The energy of the quantum jitters is negative which cancels out almost all of the required energy. A solution would be to find a way to 'activate' the quantum jitters over a measurable spacetime. In that manner the vibrational mode of the strings and hence its value can be modified. For instance, take a small stack of silver dollars and change the vibrational modes of the strings which cause silver to a mode of vibration which results in gold. The alchemists dream achieved.
The problem has been reduced to an engineering triviality.
Engineering trivialities offer proof that we're all on this flight together.

Dick