07-15-2009, 02:54 PM
On a quasi-related note, anyone see this?
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/lang/...thing.html
A man named Garrett Lisi may have come up with the theory of everything, based on elegant numbers and beautiful geometry. It accounts for all known particles and predicts particles that we haven't discovered, including the Higgs. (The video is really very good, see above). The interesting thing to me is that Garrett, in addition to being a scientist is also an avid surfer who lives out of a van with his wife. Not exactly the type of person who we usually see come up with amazing theories.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/lang/...thing.html
A man named Garrett Lisi may have come up with the theory of everything, based on elegant numbers and beautiful geometry. It accounts for all known particles and predicts particles that we haven't discovered, including the Higgs. (The video is really very good, see above). The interesting thing to me is that Garrett, in addition to being a scientist is also an avid surfer who lives out of a van with his wife. Not exactly the type of person who we usually see come up with amazing theories.