Comments on: E8 and the Theory of Everything http://edc.globalmindflow.net/lee/e8-and-the-theory-of-everything The Existential Debate Club is a place for folks to ponder the mysteries of the universe, why we're here, and what it's all about. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:42:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Lee Clemmer dot com » Blog Archive » Flock and StumbleUpon http://edc.globalmindflow.net/lee/e8-and-the-theory-of-everything#comment-34 Lee Clemmer dot com » Blog Archive » Flock and StumbleUpon Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:15:00 +0000 http://edc.globalmindflow.net/lee/e8-and-the-theory-of-everything#comment-34 [...] I also decided to check out StumbleUpon, which seems to me to be a shuffle button for the internet, which you can influence through preference setting and voting results up or down (think Pandora). I clicked it only twice so far: the second site was “The Elegant Universe,” a program by PBS on string theory, which I ended up watching all three hours of and posting a bit over on my other blog. [...] […] I also decided to check out StumbleUpon, which seems to me to be a shuffle button for the internet, which you can influence through preference setting and voting results up or down (think Pandora). I clicked it only twice so far: the second site was “The Elegant Universe,” a program by PBS on string theory, which I ended up watching all three hours of and posting a bit over on my other blog. […]

]]> By: lee http://edc.globalmindflow.net/lee/e8-and-the-theory-of-everything#comment-33 lee Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:47:41 +0000 http://edc.globalmindflow.net/lee/e8-and-the-theory-of-everything#comment-33 I just tried out a new service called <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/" rel="nofollow">StumbleUpon</a> - think of it as a shuffle button for the internet, where you get fed content based on your interests, voting things either up or down. Using this service, the second site I was shown was mind blowing: <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program_d.html" rel="nofollow">"The Elegant Universe,"<a/> a three hour movie by NOVA, which is part of PBS. It walks you through the history of the discovery of the forces of the universe, and the attempts to unify the Gravity force with the other three known ones: Electromagnetism and Strong and Weak nuclear forces. It explains string theory very well, the current hot topic in physics, and how it unifies the forces. Problem is that there's absolutely no evidence to back any of it up. This is a great piece of content to get a sense of what the article / theory above is challenging; it's really a story of David vs. Goliath. If you have the time, you owe it to yourself to check this out. And if you don't have the time, you might try wrapping your mind around <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/dimensions.html" rel="nofollow">multi-dimensional reality.</a> I just tried out a new service called StumbleUpon - think of it as a shuffle button for the internet, where you get fed content based on your interests, voting things either up or down. Using this service, the second site I was shown was mind blowing: “The Elegant Universe,” a three hour movie by NOVA, which is part of PBS. It walks you through the history of the discovery of the forces of the universe, and the attempts to unify the Gravity force with the other three known ones: Electromagnetism and Strong and Weak nuclear forces.

It explains string theory very well, the current hot topic in physics, and how it unifies the forces. Problem is that there’s absolutely no evidence to back any of it up. This is a great piece of content to get a sense of what the article / theory above is challenging; it’s really a story of David vs. Goliath.

If you have the time, you owe it to yourself to check this out. And if you don’t have the time, you might try wrapping your mind around multi-dimensional reality.

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