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Dude! Look At Those Equations!

By pontiff on October 14, 2008.

Garrett Lisi, surfer and creator of possible theories of everything, has given a TED talk:

I had never thought to put Schrodinger into the box.

"I try to balance my life between physics, love, and surfing. That way even if the physics I work on comes to nothing, I've lived a good life." Word.

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Just from seeing people mention his theory of everything, I get the sense that some people think he's making complicated stuff too simple. Does anyone know enough about this to really explain why some physicists dislike his idea/approach so much?

I thought his model was pretty thoroughly debunked? That he was doing things like ignoring vectors? Now I hear he's been going around giving lectures and has funding from Templeton... what's going on?

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I don't know about his theory, but I really like his approach to life. Balance is something a lot of physics geeks don't have and sorely need. I also like the fact he is an independent researcher instead of playing within the system. Not saying people shouldn't be in academia but academics can be major snobs.