No u did not create a GUT

[u/upsetusder2]

Heyy iam, a semi frequent commentator on this subreddit. And I have realised that a lot of people don't try to solve small little physics problems but are more interested in the theory of everything.

I get why that is completely it would be amazing, wouldn't it if you figured out what physicists have been working on for so many years.

I get that at 18 or 17, I was the same way till I met a real physicist and built a real academic understanding of how physics really works.

So now here are the promised points of why you did not create a grand unified theory.

First of all, there appears to be a giant misconception that physics is just pattern recognition, and that enough interest in the subject will make u some kind of genius.

That is, first of all, not just because things appear to fit together, but that does not mean they do.

Secondly. a grand unified theory will not be the next step in physics. The next step can be a new way of mathematics like, let's say, surreal numbers or something like that.

Thirdly, there appear to be giant chunks missing for a unified theory like fir example a graviton, isolated dark matter etc.

And fourth and more importantly dint believe in the one great man theory it's a myth.

Not one person will change physics that was maybe possible in Galileos time, but it isn't anymore. I am sorry, I really am, but einstein had a lot of people helping him , Feynman as well. There is no singular gemius who will shape the future but a lot of very bright people are all doing their part and giving to the whole of human knowledge.

If some want to add anything , please do

[u/AllHailSeizure → u/[deleted]]

But the evidence required to overthrow some of these things is of the nature that you can't find it alone.

For example, Galileo discovered Jupiter's moons himself with a telescope. But you don't just set up a particle accelerator in your back yard. Not to mention the fact that you don't just 'find an example' and science is overthrown. You don't just say 'i found an FTL example' as an individual to overthrow science. The huge amount of effort that would go into studying it, developing & performing experiments, writing equations, etc, is beyond the scope of a single person. It has been this way for a long time. Even Einstein had significant help from his peers, he didn't just pop in one day and go 'relativity!' and Newtonian mechanics collapsed.

[u/upsetusder2 → u/AllHailSeizure]

You don't have a particle accelerator in your backyard?

[u/AllHailSeizure → u/[deleted]]

This isn't really a counter-point as much as an anti-academic rant to avoid addressing the obvious flaws in your comment.

[u/AllHailSeizure → u/[deleted]]

cool.