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Hawking: No 'Theory of Everything'

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the you-all-been-punked dept.

Flash Modin writes "In a Scientific American essay based on their new book A Grand Design, Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow are now claiming physicists may never find a theory of everything. Instead, they propose a 'family of interconnected theories' might emerge, with each describing a certain reality under specific conditions. The claim is a reversal for Hawking, who claimed in 1980 that there would be a unified theory by the turn of the century."

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  1. Re:Past His Prime by amicusNYCL · · Score: 5, Funny

    It seems like he's been saying stuff recently just to say stuff.

    Totally. He just likes to hear his own voice.

    --
    "Our two-party system is like a bowl of shit looking at itself in a mirror." - Lewis Black
  2. Excuse me, Dr. Hawking? by Theory+of+Everything · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm right here. I promise I do exist. Really.

  3. Re:Oblig by blair1q · · Score: 5, Funny

    You know, it's no longer necessary to actually link to xkcd from /.

    Just mention the number.

    We'll laugh just as hard.