an exceptionaly simple TEO

this could be sick - although very cool. his paper. and his wiki page.

in a nutshell, Lesi (heretofore recognized as surfer dude) recognized relationships between elementary particles and what is known as the most beautiful shape in mathematics: E8. This mapping of what we know about stuff to the E8 structure (using pure geometry) - allows for the prediction of 20 yet-undiscovered particles. if the hadron collider (be careful not to mispronounce that) discovers any of these particles - 'surfer' will be the new 'patent clerk'.

I love the way this guy writes. In his intro, he begins:

We exist in a universe described by mathematics. but which math? Although it is interesting to consider that the universe may be the physical instantiation of all mathematics, there is a classic principle for restricting the possibilities: The mathematics of the universe should be beautiful. A successful description of nature should be a concise, elegant, unified mathematical structure consistent with experience.

my question is: why, exactly, should the mathematics of the universe be beautiful? Why has this become a classic principle? Is beauty nothing more than efficiency? certainly there is a relationship - but beauty reflects something else, something more than this coldness. there is something underlying it all, something we may never fully comprehend. why is beauty at the bottom of the rabbit hole?

true or false?

do you agree? if so explain your answer. your answer is wrong. jesus is the answer. why can't you give me a simple answer? you fool. you just have to read your bible. listen to what we taught you in sunday school. oh and do what we say. not what we do. and not question. anything. ever. it's simpler that way. it's just yes or no. black or white. true or false. wrong or right. it's they who are the godless atheists! ok, so we will give you gray too now. 127 shades of gray. are you happy? why do you have to make everything so hard? why do you need color? and sound? and movement? and now beauty - that's so new age. and why extra dimensions? why is a high contrast black and white photograph not enough to describe truth? to encapsulate Gods reality? the heavens declare the glory of God. but why must you make everything so hard? why do you have to say things like, 'there is more computational power in a cubic centimeter of reality than in the most powerful computer ever made'. don't you know we were happier when we were ignorant. when we were dumb. when we knew less. ignorance is bliss. aren't we happier when we hide? wrong but satisfied? ignorant but pacified? so what if reality isn't made of bricks. if the greater reality is quantum probabilities. that God isn't sovereign in the way that you want him to be. that God loves your more than you could possibly have conceived of in the old way. that the world goes deeper than you want it to be. his love exceeds the depths of particles, or is it the waves of the eternal sea. that acknowledging that the very structure of a carbon atom leads to life - is the same as saying 'God is Love'. that being rolled by the ocean waves - is the same as the sound of a thousand tides. that point of view is all you'll ever have. that his grace pervades every scream and every cry. that what we experience as real, is shadow - for real. that what God made and what we live in is more miraculous still. that there is no difference between body, soul and spirit. i know it and you feel it. and what you or i experience as conscious human beings is as great a mystery as there will ever be.

now go and do likewise.

inspired by the truth found in the wave forms of DJ Tiësto's album Just Be
and the cognitive dissonance of questions that miss the point everywhere.