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TWO WORLDS. “There is only one problem—these two theories are incompatible with each other. This problem has been known since the 1930s but we seem to be nowhere near a solution yet.” https://lnkd.in/e-atRRat View in LinkedIn

QUANTUM UNDERPINNINGS. “The physical theory of the very small is based on quantum mechanics, which is a very successful theory that underpins almost all of modern technology. The physical theory of the very big is based on general relativity, which is a very successful theory that underpins our understanding of the universe and our place within it, and is also an essential ingredient in modern technology such as GPS.” https://lnkd.in/e-atRRat View in LinkedIn

FRAGMENT FROM NATURE features an intriguing article by Professor Robert Arnott Wilson, who is the retired Emeritus Professor of Pure Mathematics at " "Queen Mary University of London, about his contrarian ideas for a new unifying theory of physics. He was educated at Trinity College Cambridge from his undergraduate degree through to his PhD. https://lnkd.in/egNPUiXr View in LinkedIn

The unique and extraordinary, absolutely spine-tingling, Sagrada Familia by Antoni Gaudí in Barcelona, once considered a madman and who died mistaken for a beggar on the street after being hit by a tram. View in LinkedIn

EVERYTHING COMPUTES. “The Californian philosopher John Searle argues that even your garden wall is a conventional computer; and other philosophers maintain that a simple rock standing motionless on a beach is a (conventional) computer.” https://lnkd.in/eepengBW View in LinkedIn

In California, unlike Catalonia, this glass of wine would have the decimal place moved, not in our favor. View in LinkedIn

HYPOTHESIS. “We can now give a heuristic argument on why the Universe cannot contain ordinary matter only.” https://lnkd.in/eA85pA5X View in LinkedIn

“If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.” (Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow). https://lnkd.in/eBvC_Vxw View in LinkedIn

FOOTNOTE. “Henceforth we will neglect multiplicative constants of order unity.” https://lnkd.in/eA85pA5X View in LinkedIn

WASTEPAPER BIN IDEAS. “Just as Einstein had to abandon the most basic assumptions about the nature of space and time, so we have to abandon the most basic assumptions about the nature of mass and spin.” https://lnkd.in/e-atRRat View in LinkedIn