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.
O brave new quantum world!
The idea is to think outside the box and in the box at the sane time.
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?
This is actually a serious question – I’d like to know if there’s still some reason for his theory to be taken seriously.
the first example of the Schrodinger cat thinking outside the box (sorry, I could not help it)
Hey academics are elitists, not snobs 🙂
Anon: ignoring vectors, you are probably thinking about the discussion of “adding” bosons and fermions. But yes there are problems: for example http://golem.ph.utexas.edu/~distler/blog/archives/001505.html
Perhaps if you object to the Templeton foundation you should send a donation to him 🙂
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.
Helpful link! Thanks Dave!