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Whether it is simpler depends on the details of the unification. Two comparatively simple theories are not made simpler with a very complex unification.
by ajkjk 8y ago
Whether it is simpler depends on the details of the unification. Two comparatively simple theories are not made simpler with a very complex unification.
- vanderZwan 8y agoOne could also think of it in terms of the the amount of "magic" required to make the simplification work.
- garmaine 8y agoThe electroweak force is most certainly not easier to describe than electromagnetism and the weak force separately. But we still talk about electroweak interaction as being a simpler theory than two separate fundamental forces, because it reduces the number of things that are needed to describe the universe, even with added computational difficulty.