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Surfer dude stuns physicists with a new theory of everything!
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Anogenic
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Posted : Nov 16, 2007 21:34
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"An impoverished surfer has drawn up a new theory of the universe, seen by some as the Holy Grail of physics, which has received rave reviews from scientists."
From the article:
"Lisi's inspiration lies in the most elegant and intricate shape known to mathematics, called E8 - a complex, eight-dimensional mathematical pattern with 248 points first found in 1887, but only fully understood by mathematicians this year after workings, that, if written out in tiny print, would cover an area the size of Manhattan.
E8 encapsulates the symmetries of a geometric object that is 57-dimensional and is itself is 248-dimensional. Lisi says "I think our universe is this beautiful shape.""
So he's suggesting the Universe is a 248 dimensional mandala!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/11/14/scisurf114.xml&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox
"What Lisi had realised was that he could find a way to place the various elementary particles and forces on E8's 248 points. What remained was 20 gaps which he filled with notional particles, for example those that some physicists predict to be associated with gravity."
This may be suggesting some sort of table of particles, to go with the Table of Elements..?
If this guy is right he'll be up there with einstein!
Here's some link about E8 maths:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml;jsessionid=HOQ5BCI1QTYOZQFIQMFSFF4AVCBQ0IV0?xml=/connected/2007/03/19/ecpattern19.xml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E8_(mathematics)
And the link to Lisi's actual paper:
http://arxiv.org/abs/0711.0770
Calling the guy an "impoverished surfer dude" is kinda misleading considering he has a PhD in theoretical physics!
All of this is a bit over my head, but from what I do understand it's making my brain tickle with excitement!
A very interesting read.
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brasirc
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Posted : Nov 17, 2007 03:24
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nice, the future is now...
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Meta
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Posted : Nov 18, 2007 04:29
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brasirc
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Posted : Nov 18, 2007 07:56
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oh well...
at least the E8 mapped is good news..
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Xolvexs
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Posted : Nov 18, 2007 12:39
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if you like this theory
then Church of the Flying Spagetti Monster will blow ur mind
http://www.venganza.org/
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Anogenic
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Posted : Nov 18, 2007 15:48
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