New "theory of everything"

[vinylrake]

Interesting article about a new "theory of everything". Unlike string theory it;s a lot simpler (it only needs one dimension of time and 3 of space - ouch now my brain is hurting) - and it might actually be testable.

While the article is interesting the mathematical shape at the root of the theory is what made my head explode - It's called 'E8' - and is 'a complex, eight-dimensional mathematical pattern with 248 points first found in 1887, but only fully understood by mathematicians this year...E8 encapsulates the symmetries of a geometric object that is 57-dimensional and is itself 248-dimensional.'




http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.j ... urf114.xml

[Baak]

Cool stuff!

lol - 248-dimensional - holy crap!

[lank]

very, very cool stuff. i myself favour loop quantum gravity over string theory for a theory of everything, but this is really intriguing. i must find out more about it...

[Frumius]

Hmm, in light of this new information I'm formulating my own theory as to why/how I keep slipping into this weird "space" in which I seem to be temporarily stuck in a parallel universe coexisting on another dimensional plane -- in which Baak has a beard!

[Baak]

Hmm, in light of this new information I'm formulating my own theory as to why/how I keep slipping into this weird "space" in which I seem to be temporarily stuck in a parallel universe coexisting on another dimensional plane -- in which Baak has a beard!

Your Agonizer please, Mr. Mob.