> On the contrary, idea that vastly different phenonmenons might have a single cause led to deep advancements and insights like in the case of Newtonian gravit

> On the contrary, idea that vastly different phenonmenons might have a single cause led to deep advancements and insights like in the case of Newtonian gravity. And there are many cases where you absolutely can't do that. For example, to fully explain how nuclei work, you must have both a strong AND weak nuclear force. > Physicists have always searched for theories of everything searching for theories of everything is arguably a big part of why physics is broken right now and hasn't made major progress outside of a few big experiments in decades > Philosophy is BS. It doesn't matter. What matters if there's data available. "What matters is if there's data available" is a philosophy of science. Look a lot of philosophy is BS, but you're peddling in the noncentral fallacy here. The philosophy of science is extremely important, and as a former working scientist I've seen so many scientists get caught up in their own fraud/self-delusion because they don't have a central philosophy of science to guide their efforts.