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<p>[00:06:12] I believe that this theory is an incredibly joyous one. Now, in this situation, I want to talk about what it means to have a theory of everything. We've never seen one. And in fact, not only have we never seen a theory of everything, we've never even seen, I believe, a candidate for a theory of everything. | <p>[00:06:12] I believe that this theory is an incredibly joyous one. Now, in this situation, I want to talk about what it means to have a theory of everything. We've never seen one. And in fact, not only have we never seen a theory of everything, we've never even seen, I believe, a candidate for a theory of everything. | ||
<p>[00:06:34] And because a theory of everything would have to have different characteristics than I believe every theory that has gone before, we don't think enough about what the difference is between what we would normally call in physics an effective theory and a fundamental one. Now, if you're familiar with the [[M.C. Escher]] drawing called "[[Drawing Hands]]", it is a lithograph of two hands apparently drawing each other into existence. | <p>[00:06:34] And because a theory of everything would have to have different characteristics than I believe every theory that has gone before, we don't think enough about what the difference is between what we would normally call in physics an effective theory and a fundamental one. Now, if you're familiar with the [[M. C. Escher]] drawing called "[[Drawing Hands]]", it is a lithograph of two hands apparently drawing each other into existence. | ||
<p>[00:07:02] On some kind of a canvas or piece of paper. That is sometimes referred to as a strange loop, but it in fact is an attempt to answer the question, what is the fire that lights itself? This is the problem that bedevils us when we search for a unified theory that doesn't be devil us, in my opinion, in any previous effective theory. | <p>[00:07:02] On some kind of a canvas or piece of paper. That is sometimes referred to as a strange loop, but it in fact is an attempt to answer the question, what is the fire that lights itself? This is the problem that bedevils us when we search for a unified theory that doesn't be devil us, in my opinion, in any previous effective theory. | ||