Somehow 42 comes to mind...I need the whole article. This is cool find, thanks.
Posted on 11/14/2007 6:48:22 PM PST by em2vn
The E8 pattern (left), Garrett Lisi surfing (middle) and out of the water (right)
Garrett Lisi, 39, has a doctorate but no university affiliation and spends most of the year surfing in Hawaii, where he has also been a hiking guide and bridge builder (when he slept in a jungle yurt).
In winter, he heads to the mountains near Lake Tahoe, Nevada, where he snowboards. "Being poor sucks," Lisi says. "It's hard to figure out the secrets of the universe when you're trying to figure out where you and your girlfriend are going to sleep next month."
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Maybe if I win the lottery,.........
When I do, I’ll get back to you and you can rest easy then.
Until then,..... talk amongst yourselves.
You’re welcome.
Somehow 42 comes to mind...I need the whole article. This is cool find, thanks.
“Somehow 42 comes to mind...”
That’s because you know where your towel is.
The jerk is just trying to one-up OLTG's Theory of Almost Everything
get a job, moron. the universe can go on without you.
Not only has this guy possibly figured out the universe, but he has invented a new language, because I didn’t understand a damn thing any of those people were talking about in that article.
That E8 pattern is totally tubular. Dude’s radical, yet simple TOE could spark a gnarly paradigm shift.
if ya don't like being poor... there's a simple solution. WORK!!!
This is BS. You don’t find the answer to the universe in some obscure mathematical pastime.
The answer is 42
“My brain exploded with the implications and the beauty of the thing,” he tells New Scientist. “I thought: ‘Holy crap, that’s it!’”
Dick Feynman would have had a beer with this guy.
“Surf?....no I play bongos”
It goes way over my head, unfortunately. I can't picture 8 dimensions in my mind, vectors, 57?
I read through it anyway. The first thing I thought of when I saw the colorful diagram was a fractal. Now I have generated a lot of fractals, have a couple 100 or more in my files somewhere, and while they may contain what appears to be some symmetrical object, the entire fractal images I've generated seem to be assymetrical, infinite spirals are one characteristic but not the only one.
E. Michael Jones suggested in an article several years ago that God could have created the universe in fractals. So if Lisi is correct, that shoots that theory. The former does not presume to have advanced scientific knowledge.
I wish I could understand this, the same thing happened when I tackled Hawkins' "History of Time", just too advanced for me, even though it wasn't a very long book.
My own theory is that there was no big bang, but rather the universe is simply an oscillating sphere. If you’re *really* fast then once every couple of trillion years you can wave quickly at everyone as they pass by, moving in the opposite direction.
bump for later
“What I am going to tell you about is what we teach our physics students in the third or fourth year of graduate school... It is my task to convince you not to turn away because you don’t understand it. You see my physics students don’t understand it. ... That is because I don’t understand it. Nobody does.” (Feynman, Richard P. Nobel Lecture, 1966, 1918-1988, QED, The Strange Theory of Light and Matter)
Vox Beeblebrox told you didnt he?!!
It was the dolphins...Before they thanked me for the fish. They also recommended I keep a towel close by.
The babelfish?
Great essay.
Got Hugh Gallagher into college.
Looks like you have an awesome grand daughter!
Its really pretty interesting
42 was my first thought as well.
But then The Deteriorata came to mind.
(You are a fluke of the universe. You have no right to be here. Deteriorata, Deteriorata) Go placidly amidst the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof. Avoid quiet and passive persons, unless you are in need of sleep. Rotate your tires. Speak glowingly of those greater than yourself; and heed well their advice, even though they be turkeys. Know what to kiss - and when. Consider that two wrongs never make a right, but that three do. Wherever possible, put people on hold. Be comforted, that in the face of all irridity and disillusionment, and despite the changing fortunes of time, there is always a big future in computer maintenance. (You are a fluke of the universe. You have no right to be here. Whether you can hear it or not, The universe is laughing behind your back.) Remember the Pueblo. Strive at all times to bend, fold, spindle, and mutilate. Know yourself. If you need help, call the FBI. Exercise caution in your daily affairs, especially with those persons closest to you... That lemon on your left, for instance. Be assured that a walk through the seas of most souls would scarcely get your feet wet. Fall not in love, therefore, it will stick to your face. Gracefully surrender the things of youth: the birds, clean air, tuna, Taiwan - and let not the sands of time get in your lunch. Hire people with hooks. For a good time, call 606-4311, ask for Ken. Take heart in the deepening gloom that your dog is finally getting enough cheese. And reflect that whatever misfortune may be your lot, it could only be worse in Milwaukee. (You are a fluke of the universe. You have no right to be here. Whether you can hear it or not, The universe is laughing behind your back.) Therefore, make peace with your god, whatever you perceive him to be: hairy thunderer or cosmic muffin. With all its hopes, dreams, promises, and urban renewal, the world continues to deteriorate. GIVE UP! (You are a fluke of the universe. You have no right to be here. Whether you can hear it or not, The universe is laughing behind your back.)
I only read the original and it was ages ago
Its worth revisiting, Too bad Douglas Adams died so soon.
I didnt know he had passed away
All I can say to the physicists reviewing his theory:
Don’t taze him bro!
I thought 23 was the special number.
The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything
MYlife, Is that you in the photo, and did you build that model.
He’ll be banging on my door when he finds out I cubed the orb using a french fry cutter.
No that isnt me
“I thought: ‘Holy crap, that’s it!’”
LOL! Very creative.
Excellent! :>
So, who came up with that model and built it.
L0L!
The "Theory of Everything" is the long-sought theory of how everything works together, not why it was created.
If it’s simple, then why do they not explain it?
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