| Grizlas | new theory of everything |
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Since I find this story more than usually interesting, Ive dedicated a whole thread to it:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/11/14/scisurf114.xml&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox
A totally novel and probably testable theory of everything that doesn't require the invocation of extra dimensions nor of any tricky time stuff. And he's a dirt poor surfer to boot.
How cool is that? 
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| Grizlas | RE: new theory of everything |
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ok maybe we should get some more meat on this thing. I know Alienizer is always on about that.
His TOE paper (pdf):
http://arxiv.org/pdf/0711.0770
The last paragraph reads:
The theory proposed in this paper represents a comprehensive unification program, describing all fields of the standard model and gravity as parts of a uniquely beautiful mathematical structure. The principal bundle connection and its curvature describe how the E8 manifold twists and turns over spacetime, reproducing all known fields and dynamics through pure geometry. Some aspects of this theory are not yet completely understood, and until they are it should be treated with appropriate skepticism. However, the current match to the standard model and gravity is very good. Future work will either strengthen the correlation to known physics and produce successful predictions for the LHC, or the theory will encounter a fatal contradiction with nature. The lack of extraneous structures and free parameters ensures testable predictions, so it will either succeed or fail spectacularly. If E8 theory is fully successful as a theory of everything, our universe is an exceptionally beautiful shape.
Oh and our surfer bum isn't a complete faliure either. Here's his resume:
9/91-5/99 University of California, San Diego
5/99 Ph.D. in Physics, G.P.A. - 3.9
Honors Fellowships - UC Regents fellowship, ARCS Foundation fellowship
9/86-6/91 University of California, Los Angeles
6/91 B.S. in Physics and B.S. in Mathematics, G.P.A. - 3.9
(4.0 in Physics and 4.0 in Mathematics)
Academic Honors
Phi Beta Kappa
Sigma Pi Sigma
Golden Key
Graduation Honors
College Honors
Highest Honors in Physics
Highest Honors in Mathematics
Summa Cum Laude
Kinsey Prize for The Outstanding Graduating Senior in Physics
How can this guy be poor?
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| Norlander | RE: new theory of everything |
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| | Location: Copenhagen | | Joined: 09.06.06 | | Posted on 17-11-2007 12:46 |
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Very interesting, see that his theory already has quite a big Wikipedia page.
On a side note: I love that E8 shape. It's mesmerizing.
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| Aliennizer | RE: new theory of everything |
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Not really my field of interest, but amazing achivement. This guy seems to be very intuitive to the "mystical" side of mathematics. I suppose one needs to be, to achive such Honors in such a difficult field. When i have more time on my hands i will look forward to reading his paper. (Though im not sure i will understand it all)
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