Surfer develops Grand Unified Theory

Dooey Jo · Post by **Dooey Jo** » 2007-11-18 07:04am

Ace Pace wrote:
Dooey Jo wrote:
Discombobulated wrote:I can't square "Smolin likes it" with the things Ace's linked blog post is saying, like "The problem is that Lisi has ignored much of physics, where he adds normal numbers to vectors and other similar no-nos (imagine adding a speed to an energy and you have got exactly what Lisi has done)." I don't think Smolin would go for that.
But remember, if there's any type of source that's better than both New Scientist and Wikipedia, it's the random blogger.
Because of course, randomly believing it because it was published is better. So lets quote the post mentioned as the basis for this.

I honestly would like for this to be a breakthrough, but it's abit early to jump and claim eureka.

No, I'm saying if a paper is backed by several scientists with good reputations, it seems exceedingly unlikely that a string theorist blogger is going to show "childish misunderstandings" that apparently a 14-year-old could understand, in said paper. I don't have time to check it all myself right now, but blogs really are worse sources than Wikipedia. It's like quoting a "letters to the editor" page in a newspaper for factual information...

Zixinus · Post by **Zixinus** » 2007-11-18 11:23am

String theory blogger thinks that an alternative unification theory may be wrong... am I the only one that senses some kind of bias here?

Battlehymn Republic · Post by **Battlehymn Republic** » 2007-11-18 02:37pm

This theory has got a secret weapon- a snappy logo:

Time to get Cafepress on this.

Zixinus · Post by **Zixinus** » 2007-11-18 02:39pm

This theory has got a secret weapon- a snappy logo:

Dear God, and its working. That is a one cool logo.

Drooling Iguana · Post by **Drooling Iguana** » 2007-11-18 02:54pm

Spirograph lives!

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2007-11-23 07:52pm

Slight necro-ish, but there's a New Article about this guy.

Apparently Hollywood and the media can't get enough of this guy because he's a 'Cool Scientist'. His theory hasn't even been proven yet, and they already want to make a movie about him. Madness, I say.

Dooey Jo · Post by **Dooey Jo** » 2007-11-24 05:39pm

That movie already exists. It is called "Young Einstein".

Dark Hellion · Post by **Dark Hellion** » 2007-11-24 06:41pm

They're just going to remake IQ, but with surfer dad instead of kooky old Einstein. I look forward to the awkward romantic comedy that ensues.

Patrick Degan · Post by **Patrick Degan** » 2007-11-25 03:04am

Sounds like the man is a natural fit for the Banzai Institute.