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As she says, that's specifically "grand" unified theories (GUTs). A theory of everything might be imagined as similar to a GUT, in that they should both have al
by Kednicma 6y ago
As she says, that's specifically "grand" unified theories (GUTs). A theory of everything might be imagined as similar to a GUT, in that they should both have all of the same stuff on the blackboard and arranged into roughly the same sorts of equations, but a theory of everything might not be able to express all four forces in terms of just one force. Indeed, what we mean by "force" is two different things entirely: in GR, "force" is the shape of the fabric of space, while in QM, "force" is purses of coins (I don't want to say "packets of data") traveling through that space.
I don't quite agree with Wikipedia [0] on this; they say:
> Unifying gravity with the electronuclear interaction would provide a theory of everything (TOE) rather than a GUT. GUTs are often seen as an intermediate step towards a TOE.
We all have different opinions on this terminology, it seems!
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Unified_Theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Unified_Theory
- Strilanc 6y agoYes, I was also surprised about that particular definition of "theory of everything", but it is the one used by the article.
- BoiledCabbage 6y agoHer terminology and Wikipedia's terminology match 100%. Are you certain you're using the correct terminology?