Thursdays~ I Think Sideways, About Serious Shit
Isn’t this beautiful??
Know what it is?? Here’s a hint….
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It’s the Theory of Everything…. Really!
I was looking for some good news yesterday… I’m slap fed-up with primary election news…
I ran across a really great article about a New Theory of Everything. Huh?, thought I. What could it be??
An impoverished surfer has drawn up a new theory of the universe, seen by some as the Holy Grail of physics, which has received rave reviews from scientists. Garrett Lisi, 39, has a doctorate but no university affiliation and spends most of the year surfing in Hawaii, where he has also been a hiking guide and bridge builder (when he slept in a jungle yurt).
Here’s my favorite quote:
“Being poor sucks,” Lisi says. “It’s hard to figure out the secrets of the universe when you’re trying to figure out where you and your girlfriend are going to sleep next month.”
Of course scientists have conflicting opinions… I liked this one:
“Some incredibly beautiful stuff falls out of Lisi’s theory,” adds David Ritz Finkelstein at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. “This must be more than coincidence and he really is touching on something profound.”
If you understand physics I’m sure you’ll want to see Lisi’s Exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything for yourself…
anyway… I thought it was pretty cool…
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i couldn’t help myself. rec’d it.
when it’s this good, it’s gotta get rec’d…
Beautiful.
Anyone know if there’s a version of the E8 image with a black background? Preferably sized to fit on a 1024 desktop. 😉
PP anymore. It’s a principle thing. I just feel dirty.
I thought this one was going up, but then the other one went up and now I’m so confused I need to open a beer and think about things…
anyway, as I was searching for images of horseshit, I came upon this disturbed individual….
http://www.kenmcintyre.com/non…