> A Project to Find the Fundamental Theory of Physics
Physics noob here, but I do a lot of theory / model development in other areas, at work and in my batcave. So I'm wondering: What if there are multiple fundamental theories, just like there are millions of different ways of looking at things, all with their various leverage/application points?
> we’re going to have to find the specific rule for our universe
I just wonder what makes someone so sure there is a specific rule, when humans are good at generating untold numbers of rules, and in my experience those rules can be very effective _and_ work best together when held lightly, rather than exclusively. (If anything, humans seem more likely to become dangerously dogmatic when they feel they have identified "the one" of something. Like a human anti-pattern.)
I think this might relate to what he discusses at the end of the very long Project Announcement blog/article. Something like there may be many different rules, but the one we find will be correct for us due to the framework we have for evaluating the universe (senses, math, etc.).
If it's correct to the framework we have--do we have "a framework" for evaluating the universe? It seems more like there are many. Within senses--millions of frameworks. Within math, millions. And for good reason; this lens offers a different look at this aspect, and this other lens offers a singular view of that one. Stars are white. Stars are blue or red or yellow. Stars have no color. All of these true and helpful, and also conflicting in some context or another.
Looking at the way he's evaluating universes and aiming to find one that's so well matched to ours, just intuitively I also have to wonder how many different ways there are of modeling our universe that are worth keeping around no matter how poorly they fit in even some big ways.
Physics noob here, but I do a lot of theory / model development in other areas, at work and in my batcave. So I'm wondering: What if there are multiple fundamental theories, just like there are millions of different ways of looking at things, all with their various leverage/application points?
> we’re going to have to find the specific rule for our universe
I just wonder what makes someone so sure there is a specific rule, when humans are good at generating untold numbers of rules, and in my experience those rules can be very effective _and_ work best together when held lightly, rather than exclusively. (If anything, humans seem more likely to become dangerously dogmatic when they feel they have identified "the one" of something. Like a human anti-pattern.)