Physicists War Over a Unified Theory

beggs writes: "I was looking through the New York Times and came across an article which talks about a new front in the war to find a unified theory, but this one does not come from the particle physicists, it comes from the solid state physicists. Here is a little quote for wet your appetite: 'some solid-state physicists are trying to show that the laws of relativity, long considered part of the very bedrock of the physical world, are not platonic truths that have existed since time began.'"

Comments

Re:Here

[atheos]

Even more importantly, how someone could mod up the post. How fucking stupid is that?

hmmm.. I'd have to disagree.

[eclectric]

No one thinks Java is clean and orderly. Or useful.

;)

Re:We never really know anything

[tooler]

Is this some kind of philosophy troll?

No, I think I read too much Thoreau and Rand. Subjectivism and skepticism really make no sense to me and I don't see how they exist without a solid foundation. I'm no philosopher and don't subscribe to Objectivism, but I ran across a good article on the Rand Institute site that tries to bring philosophy back to ideas that make sense.

http://www.aynrand.org/ssg/philosophy.html

It might be a good starting point for anyone who (like me) was incredulous when no one argued against the original post. Walking around without a solid basis to life would scare me. Of course, wishing something doesn't make it true, so I'll continue to learn to prove it.