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I think it's an eye grabbing title, but not really honest, as it changes from 'beauty is bad' to 'why has it failed us'. It's a question worth asking, because o
by Demiurge 8y ago
I think it's an eye grabbing title, but not really honest, as it changes from 'beauty is bad' to 'why has it failed us'. It's a question worth asking, because obviously answering it would be progress. But, I don't think anyone is actually arguing against Occam's Razor, or that simpler question solving more, is the goal.
I read the article, and I don't see any insightful answers, perhaps we're supposed to buy the book? Or perhaps people should devise stricter criteria for theories to be experimentally demonstrable...
- vorg 8y agoWhy has beauty failed us? Such mathematical beauty is produced by the conscious mind, and the mind is created (via the brain) from the action of the laws of physics. Perhaps it's because the self-referential circuit Math -> Physics -> Mind -> Math can't exist that Math can't fully explain Physics, and e.g. GR and QM will never be united via a "beautiful" mathematical theory.
- Demiurge 8y agoI don't think it's failed us in a sense that there is no finality to progress.