Slashdot Mirror


Scientists Crowdfund The Theory of Everything (cphpost.dk)

einar.petersen writes: Danish scientists are seeking to fund their research on the theory of everything in a rather unconventional way, namely via crowdfunding. The two researchers have launched a campaign that as of writing is 55% funded....
"Einstein spent the last 30 years of his life searching for an answer to the deepest question about the universe: does a fundamental principle, that governs all of reality, exist...?" reads their Indiegogo page. "In 2013 we, the theoretical physicist Jesper Moller Grimstrup and the mathematician Johannes Aastrup, discovered a simple mathematical principle, which we believe could be exactly what Einstein was searching for." One Danish newspaper jokes that the mathematician and theoretical physicist "are now offering mere mortals a chance to get in on the action."

5 of 189 comments (clear)

  1. The answer is.... by einar.petersen · · Score: 5, Funny

    42

    --
    MS, ALS, Aphasia ? http://globability.org - Me http://einarpetersen.com
    1. Re:The answer is.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      #include <stdio.h>

      #define SIX 1+5
      #define NINE 8+1

      main() {
          printf("What do you get if you multiply %d by %d? %d!\n", SIX, NINE, SIX * NINE);
      }

  2. Re: Did you know? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    That post pretty much wraps up an entire day of History Channel programming

  3. Re:Sanity Check by ColdWetDog · · Score: 5, Funny

    You know, that doesn't help a bit.

    --
    Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
  4. Re:Sanity Check by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 3, Funny

    Fraud! Physicists use radians, not degrees.

    --
    Ezekiel 23:20