Surfer dude stuns physicists with theory of everything

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

[darkwing104]

thank=think

[Hoosier-Daddy]

Nicely done!

Connections, you see, there are always connections.

[Charles Martel]

I wonder if Einstein said “Holy Crap, that’s it!” when he made his big discovery....

Indeed. Not even Emmett Brown knew immediately that he had discovered the Flux Capacitor.

[isthisnickcool]

183 posts and unless I missed it nobody has noticed that this guy is Lex Luthor...

[TrueKnightGalahad]

The answer is indeed 42...but Cliff Klaven once told me a little known fact, that "Doug Adams" was the nom de plume of an alien from a parallel universe, and "42" is the answer in that universe, and not ours.

[CaptainK]

All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine.

[devere]

Here’s another article and interview worth reading:

http://www.fqxi.org/community/data/articles/Lisi_Garrett.pdf

http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2007/08/garrett-lisis-inspiration.html

[Sudetenland]

A Vogon Destructor spacecraft.

Meet me at the Restaurant at the End of the Universe...We'll do lunch.

[snarks_when_bored]

Good links.

I should've linked to Lisi's own site in my post #1, but didn't. Here's the link:

Deferential Geometry (Garrett Lisi's website)

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[eldoradude]

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.

Hehee, you're a genius! I couldn't agree with you more....don't we wish :)

[Knightmixer]

If I remember correctly... Kary Mullis, the chemist who won a Nobel for his work on DNA/PCR research, was also a surfer.

[Knightmixer]

Sounds a lot like that boy genius, William Sidis, who went from Harvard at age 11 to dropping out of the public eye and working as a machine clerk. He apparently had a unique fascination with train schedules. To each his own, I suppose. I believe the poor guy ended up dying of a brain hemorrhage in his forties.

[SunkenCiv]

"Cosmic, dude" ping. Thanks Kevmo (for the ping, and for the kind remarks). No doubt of interest to the FRSTPL.

[Alamo-Girl]

Indeed, this is a very fascinating theory. And yes, xzins, I am quite excited about the geometry!

For anyone interested, here is the actual article by Lisi:

An Exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything

[Eastbound]

"And I think that our universe isn't symmetrical."

I think the vacuum has to be symmetrical, like the inside of a perfectly round balloon. But you can put some marbles and some marshmellows in the balloon and bounce them around without altering the volume or changing the roundness of the shape of the vacuum. I think the shape has to be constant and unchanging except for it getting larger in diameter. The vacuum (pull) has to be the same at any and all theoretical points inside the shell for the mechanics of the universe to work properly and predictably. Just don't ask me to explain. I'm having difficulty completing the model. Thanks.

[Eastbound]

Thanks for the ping. Can you tell me what I’m trying to say here? Thanks.

[SunkenCiv]

Well, you started out thanking me for the ping, then asked me if I knew what you were saying there. ;’)

[Eastbound]

That’s it, huh? Okay, pal. No marshmellows for you! :>

[SunkenCiv]

I think the surfer dude got a Spirograph for Christmas a couple of years before he got his first surfboard. Too many sunscreen fumes, duuuude.

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