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Good thing we have the answer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7rd04KzLcg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7rd04KzLcg

nosmokewhereiam 6y ago
I couldn't tell if you were joking, but that video has comment that sums it up: "...Most physicists working on unification are trying to create a quantum version of general relativity, informed by the list of particles in the standard model of physics. Weinstein believes we should instead start with the basic geometric tools of general relativity and work at extending the equations in mathematically natural ways, without worrying whether they fit with the observable universe. Once you have such equations in hand, you can try to match them up with reality. At the heart of Weinstein’s theory is the “observerse”, a 14-dimensional space that contains our familiar four-dimensional world (three dimensions of space plus one of time). The extra dimensions arise naturally by extending the mathematics of the original four, which appear in general relativity as the diagonal entries in a four-by-four matrix, he says. The mathematical symmetries of the resulting equations predict three families, or generations, of particles, just as described by the standard model, though the third generation belongs in a different framework in Weinstein’s theory. His work also predicts new, as yet undiscovered particles, along with mirror images of all of these particles. This group of particles could account for dark matter, the mysterious stuff thought to make up about 80 per cent of matter in the universe. I hope that helps..."
- maxharris 6y ago
  I'm not joking, and I'm not referring to his unified field theory either (although I certainly think it's interesting). In the first 35 minutes of that podcast, he shares some of his ideas on why our institutions have collapsed. This interview with Lex Fridman is a bit more accessible, and it expands on that stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIAZJNe7YtE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIAZJNe7YtE

nosmokewhereiam 6y ago

I couldn't tell if you were joking, but that video has comment that sums it up: "...Most physicists working on unification are trying to create a quantum version of general relativity, informed by the list of particles in the standard model of physics. Weinstein believes we should instead start with the basic geometric tools of general relativity and work at extending the equations in mathematically natural ways, without worrying whether they fit with the observable universe. Once you have such equations in hand, you can try to match them up with reality. At the heart of Weinstein’s theory is the “observerse”, a 14-dimensional space that contains our familiar four-dimensional world (three dimensions of space plus one of time). The extra dimensions arise naturally by extending the mathematics of the original four, which appear in general relativity as the diagonal entries in a four-by-four matrix, he says. The mathematical symmetries of the resulting equations predict three families, or generations, of particles, just as described by the standard model, though the third generation belongs in a different framework in Weinstein’s theory. His work also predicts new, as yet undiscovered particles, along with mirror images of all of these particles. This group of particles could account for dark matter, the mysterious stuff thought to make up about 80 per cent of matter in the universe. I hope that helps..."

maxharris 6y ago
I'm not joking, and I'm not referring to his unified field theory either (although I certainly think it's interesting). In the first 35 minutes of that podcast, he shares some of his ideas on why our institutions have collapsed. This interview with Lex Fridman is a bit more accessible, and it expands on that stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIAZJNe7YtE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIAZJNe7YtE