Surfer dude stuns physicists with theory of everything

Telegraph.co.uk ^ | 14 Nov 2007 | Roger Highfield

[devere]

“There is not a glimpse of physics in that paper.”

Smells like envy to me.

The surfer-dude has his union-card ( doctorate in physics, just like Einstein ) and is thereby qualified to be taken seriously.

If surfer-dude’s theory makes testable predictions, it’s at least better than string theory. Experimentation will reveal if he’s correct or not!

[Excellence]

It kinda puts all the mundane stuff into perspective.

[O Neill]

So, just to be clear, is it the Big Doily that now replaces the Big Bang, or the Big Booby?

[bt_dooftlook]

Oh yeah? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPjonsHzfk4

[betty boop]

As one physicist stated, I eventually came to the idea of God, and realized that the theologians were already there.

That would likely be Robert Jastrow, who in God and the Astronomers (1992) had this to say:

For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak. As he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries.

May I add that the philosophical thought of your namesake, Saint and Doctor of the Church Thomas Aquinas, seems to be holding up very well these days? :^)

Thanks so much for your post Aquinasfan!

[betty boop]

Very interesting. This bears watching! Meanwhile I'll have to check out the sources at the links provided....

Thanks so much for the ping xzins!

[Mike-o-Matic]

  "It's all about the boobies"

Well, then, I'd be happy to show you a nice pair!

[RightOnline]

Remember Spyrograph when we were kids? Well.......not sure how old you are, but.......I remember it; had one. :)

Looks like it came from that. Helluva piece here, though. The ‘dude’ could truly be onto something. I love the simplicity....although NOT quite so simple.

[RightOnline]

Damn......not only did I misspell it, but you beat me to it; hadn’t scrolled down far enough...LOL

[Lurkus Maximus]

LOL! You owe me a new keyboard. I lost it when I read that and hosed it down real good.

[Osage Orange]

Leonardo Pisano...!!

I like his numbers....

TA works....

[zot]

Thanks for the ping. I’m not holding my breath, but I would like to see if this theory explains what mass is and why mass resists acceleration.

[LexBaird]

if not able to dazzle w/ brilliance, then baffle w/ bullshit.

"If you can't baffle them with bullshit, riddle them with bullets." - Old RPG proverb

[LexBaird]

DO NOT STARE AT E8 TOO LONG. IT WILL MAKE THE WHOLE PAGE SPIN!

Quickly followed by the universe imploding.

[grey_whiskers]

Lisi, you magnificent b*stard!

(Thanks for the article, snarks. Not that I have time to read it right now.)

Will self-ping and bookmark for later.

Full Disclosure: I read once that Heisenberg came up with the Uncertainty Principle while ensconced in a love nest with a girlfriend for a couple of weeks; there appear to be similarities here.

Cheers!

[grey_whiskers]

I seem to recall that after a certain point, around 130, IQ is negatively correllated with 'success'. Also that at one time, the person with the highest IQ in Australia earned her living as a belly dancer.

This is definitely the wrong thread in which to bring up that point ;-)

Cheers!

[grey_whiskers]

Motl failed to get tenure at Harvard, but he’s learned nothing from the experience.

Cheap-Shot-No-Doubt-Inspired-by-Jealousy-Sarcasm-Torpedo^TM ARMED. FIRE!!

Lover's tiff with Lisa Randall, no doubt?

Cheers!

[RightWhale]

IQ above 130 should be treated as a disability by the state and those unfortunates should be put on stipend for life including an allowance for philosophy and math books from Amazon of $100 a month.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"...when he slept in a jungle yurt." Um...I've slept in a Yurt. The pix on the left is what you see when you look UP while sleeping/standing in a Yurt. ;)

I hope this guy doesn't go the way of that "bear expert" who was eaten by a bear and was responsible for his girlfriend also being eaten by a bear. *SMIRK*

[grey_whiskers]

IQ above 130 should be treated as a disability by the state and those unfortunates should be put on stipend for life including an allowance for philosophy and math books from Amazon of $100 a month.

Either that, or catered Subway sandwiches and Pizza once a day, and a lifetime subscription to Free Republic.

Cheers!