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"We now live in an environment where the idea that there may be a deeper, more unified theory has become completely discredited" how so? can anybody elaborate
by modzu 6y ago
"We now live in an environment where the idea that there may be a deeper, more unified theory has become completely discredited"
how so? can anybody elaborate on this for a non physicist? how can we have multiple incompatible theories?
- zuzun 6y agoHe's probably having the string theory landscape in mind. In string theory the properties of most things are explained by the shape of the extra dimensions, but there are so many possible shapes that string theorists believe all of them exist and we find ourselves in one that is compatible with life.
- thejohnconway 6y agoSounds like a unifying theory to me. Just not a very testable one.
- gowld 6y agoIt's not unified, is the point. It's a bunch of theories written down next to each other in one book.