Unified Theory Quotes (2)
Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe? The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for the model to describe. Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing?
A Brief History of Time (1998), 190.
See also: | Answer (25) | Description (10) | Equation (25) | Existence (54) | Fire (22) | Mathematics (226) | Model (13) | Possibility (11) | Rule (18) | Universe (143)
In 2056, I think you'll be able to buy T-shirts on which are printed equations describing the unified laws of our universe. (2006)
Quoted in 'Brilliant Minds Forecast the Next 50 Years', New Scientist (18 Nov 2006).
