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    Bassam Abdul Baki
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    Surfer dude stuns physicists with theory of everything[^]


    "You can lead a horse to Vista, but it won't get in stall." - Bassam Abdul-Baki Web - Blog - RSS - Math - LinkedIn - BM

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      Surfer dude stuns physicists with theory of everything[^]


      "You can lead a horse to Vista, but it won't get in stall." - Bassam Abdul-Baki Web - Blog - RSS - Math - LinkedIn - BM

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      Douglas Troy
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      Great story, thanks for posting it.


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        Great story, thanks for posting it.


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        Pete OHanlon
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        It's so good, he posted it twice.:laugh: We may have missed it if it was only there once.

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          It's so good, he posted it twice.:laugh: We may have missed it if it was only there once.

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          Rama Krishna Vavilala
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          3 Bassam + 1 Paul = 4

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            3 Bassam + 1 Paul = 4

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            Paul Watson
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            Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:

            3 Bassam + 1 Paul

            Sounds like a molecule :-D

            regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

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            Watson's law: As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one.

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              Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:

              3 Bassam + 1 Paul

              Sounds like a molecule :-D

              regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

              Andy Brummer wrote:

              Watson's law: As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one.

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              Jim Crafton
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              Maybe that's the *real* secret behind the Theory of Everything!

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                Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:

                3 Bassam + 1 Paul

                Sounds like a molecule :-D

                regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

                Andy Brummer wrote:

                Watson's law: As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one.

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                El Corazon
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                Paul Watson wrote:

                Sounds like a molecule

                Is it ionically stable? what is its half-life?

                _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                • B Bassam Abdul Baki

                  Surfer dude stuns physicists with theory of everything[^]


                  "You can lead a horse to Vista, but it won't get in stall." - Bassam Abdul-Baki Web - Blog - RSS - Math - LinkedIn - BM

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                  Erik Funkenbusch
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                  To be fair, he does have a PhD in Physics.

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                    Paul Watson wrote:

                    Sounds like a molecule

                    Is it ionically stable? what is its half-life?

                    _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                    El Corazon wrote:

                    Is it ionically stable?

                    I think you mean sarcasm. Irony is something else.

                    El Corazon wrote:

                    what is its half-life?

                    Probably the best FPS game around. Half Life 2 is even better. ;) (I haven't got a clue what ionically stable means nor could I answer the half-life value for anything.)

                    regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

                    Andy Brummer wrote:

                    Watson's law: As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one.

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                    • B Bassam Abdul Baki

                      Surfer dude stuns physicists with theory of everything[^]


                      "You can lead a horse to Vista, but it won't get in stall." - Bassam Abdul-Baki Web - Blog - RSS - Math - LinkedIn - BM

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                      DavidNohejl
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                      "Garrett Lisi, 39, ... spends most of the year surfing in Hawaii" "In winter, he heads to the mountains near Lake Tahoe, Nevada, where he snowboards. "Being poor sucks," Lisi says." Dude, you have no idea. :doh:


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                        Great story, thanks for posting it.


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                        Bassam Abdul Baki
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                        No problem. It was enjoyable even if it was also about physics. :-D


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                          Paul Watson wrote:

                          Sounds like a molecule

                          Is it ionically stable? what is its half-life?

                          _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                          Bassam Abdul Baki
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                          I'm "Radioactive Man™".


                          There are II kinds of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who understand Roman numerals. Web - Blog - RSS - Math

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                            "Garrett Lisi, 39, ... spends most of the year surfing in Hawaii" "In winter, he heads to the mountains near Lake Tahoe, Nevada, where he snowboards. "Being poor sucks," Lisi says." Dude, you have no idea. :doh:


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                            ghle
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                            dnh wrote:

                            Dude, you have no idea.

                            I'm changing my philosophy. I'm going to surf in Hawaii and snowboard in Lake Tahoe so I can increase my income to the "poor" level. I didn't know it was that easy.

                            Gary

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                            • B Bassam Abdul Baki

                              Surfer dude stuns physicists with theory of everything[^]


                              "You can lead a horse to Vista, but it won't get in stall." - Bassam Abdul-Baki Web - Blog - RSS - Math - LinkedIn - BM

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                              Brent Lamborn
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                              "What Lisi had realised was that he could find a way to place the various elementary particles and forces on E8's 248 points. What remained was 20 gaps which he filled with notional particles, for example those that some physicists predict to be associated with gravity." What are these people smoking? And where can I get some?


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                                Surfer dude stuns physicists with theory of everything[^]


                                "You can lead a horse to Vista, but it won't get in stall." - Bassam Abdul-Baki Web - Blog - RSS - Math - LinkedIn - BM

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                                deltalmg
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                                Not saying this isn't cool, but with 248 degrees of freedom you can naturally express more things than 11 or so that string theory uses, or 5 of Kulusa-Klien, or 4 of classical GR. It is interesting that the equations are similar, should be nice to see how it pans out.

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                                  Surfer dude stuns physicists with theory of everything[^]


                                  "You can lead a horse to Vista, but it won't get in stall." - Bassam Abdul-Baki Web - Blog - RSS - Math - LinkedIn - BM

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                                  I'm not as impressed by his accomplishment. This article[^] about the E8 figure was published in March 2007 and is titled "Is this the Fabric of the Universe?" It contains this quote which sounds like someone else had already discovered the notion: "This is an impressive achievement," said Hermann Nicolai, Director of the Albert Einstein Institute in Potsdam, Germany. "While mathematicians have known for a long time about the beauty and the uniqueness of E8, we physicists have come to appreciate its exceptional role only more recently - yet, in our attempts to unify gravity with the other fundamental forces into a consistent theory of quantum gravity, we now encounter it at almost every corner," he said, referring to efforts to combine the theory of the very big (general relativity) with the very small (quantum mechanics). "Thus, understanding the inner workings of E8 is not only a great advance for pure mathematics, but may also help physicists in their quest for a unified theory."

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                                    I'm not as impressed by his accomplishment. This article[^] about the E8 figure was published in March 2007 and is titled "Is this the Fabric of the Universe?" It contains this quote which sounds like someone else had already discovered the notion: "This is an impressive achievement," said Hermann Nicolai, Director of the Albert Einstein Institute in Potsdam, Germany. "While mathematicians have known for a long time about the beauty and the uniqueness of E8, we physicists have come to appreciate its exceptional role only more recently - yet, in our attempts to unify gravity with the other fundamental forces into a consistent theory of quantum gravity, we now encounter it at almost every corner," he said, referring to efforts to combine the theory of the very big (general relativity) with the very small (quantum mechanics). "Thus, understanding the inner workings of E8 is not only a great advance for pure mathematics, but may also help physicists in their quest for a unified theory."

                                    Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

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                                    Bassam Abdul Baki
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                                    Could have been him and the press release took a while until someone verified it. The academic community is not one to let somebody else take the fame and glory for their achievements.


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                                      "What Lisi had realised was that he could find a way to place the various elementary particles and forces on E8's 248 points. What remained was 20 gaps which he filled with notional particles, for example those that some physicists predict to be associated with gravity." What are these people smoking? And where can I get some?


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                                      CataclysmicQuantum
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                                      Brent Lamborn wrote:

                                      What are these people smoking?

                                      5-MeO-DiPT

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                                        Brent Lamborn wrote:

                                        What are these people smoking?

                                        5-MeO-DiPT

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                                        Brent Lamborn
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                                        That only answers half of it, dont hold out on me CQ! :suss:


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                                          Brent Lamborn wrote:

                                          What are these people smoking?

                                          5-MeO-DiPT

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                                          Demon Possessed
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                                          Is it supposed to be impressive that you know that?

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