Why i think a Theory of Everything wont be ever made

[thefrenchman]

OK so I'm going to take the conversation back a little:

Because math is the way that our minds use to understand the world.

Kind off like how philosophers say logic is the right way to discovering the truth, but when THEY made the whole concept of logic up.

Also, if it were possible to find a unified theory, what would the human race do once that is achieved ? Would it also explain the meaning of life ? Is it even possible to do so : who says the laws determining life, don't state that we wont discover them?

and statistics is only an way to disguise our lack of better knowledge about the matter being studied.

Ex: Quantum physics.

Once upon a time, astronomers would look at the stars and try to draw their paths in the sky. They eventually noticed that some stars would, in a seemingly random manner, appear in the sky. They observed longer and eventually found out that those stars were actually planets and they drew out the trajectory of those planets according to the fact that EARTH was the center of the universe and, even tho it seemed particular it was accepted. Not too long after Heliocentrism was discovered, and thanks to this model of the universe they could better explain the movement of the planets in the sky.

So: drastic change in the way we perceive the universe = better (?) understanding.

All this to say that the probabilities in quantum physics are most likely caused by our bad perception of the world, and that soon-ish some one will come up with a better way to look at things, and that will make the world easier to explain. BUT eventually even that comprehension wont suffice.

Nothing is perfect.

How about the concept of perfection itself?

but a single point has zero dimensions, so it does not really exist. there are no points, space is an illusion... and so is time.

Yeah we made up "space" and "time". We also invented the concept of a "point" to help us explain our world. But in the end what differentiates an illusion from reality?

Ok so what I guess I'm really trying to say is this: Most likely, no unified theory will ever be discovered. But that doesn't matter, because I don't think we ever can find it. In fact, I dont even think we WANT to find it.

Imagine Mr. Scientist growing up thinking: "In my life I will discover the unified theory of everything".
Now Imagine him actually finding it.

He would at that point understand EVERYTHING. Humans (or what ever form of "pre-humans" we really are) aren't designed....







shit who the fuck says were designed by anything.

Im off to hit the bong and sort this out.

ps. Nice community by the way!:jointsmile::thumbsup:

thefrenchman Reviewed by thefrenchman on 07-19-2008. Why i think a Theory of Everything wont be ever made Well... today the scientists, mainly the physicists, search for a "theory of everything", a theory which explain all the physical phenomena in the universe. But i (as a physicist) believe they wont suceed. Imagine that you are an observer, and are examining, lets say, an atom. I know that atoms are not rigid spheres, but its not the point. If you were doing so, when you looked at the atom, you would see something like the picture below. If you didnt know that what you was seeing on the Rating: 5