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The Theory of Everything: Trailer 2

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The last one looked great, this one gives me chills. Via IBMD "This is the extraordinary story of one of the world's greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde. Once a healthy, active young man, Hawking received an earth-shattering diagnosis at 21 years of age. With Jane fighting tirelessly by his side, Stephen embarks on his most ambitious scientific work, studying the very thing he now has precious little of – time. Together, they defy impossible odds, breaking new ground in medicine and science, and achieving more than they could ever have dreamed."

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  89. There is none, a theory of everything that is. At least not really. In one or many men's minds their may be one but that's as far as it goes. The universe keeps changing, it's not stagnant and certainly won't sit still for science to establish one theory for everything. The closer we go to that which we wish to define the further it moves away. This is so obvious it needs no qualifications to realise. it's everywhere around us. If you want a theory of everything it is best itterated IMO by saying; "Everything creates itself forever in infinite directions without beginning or end". Oh yes, and as #AlanWatts says; "You're it".

  95. +Larry G. Maguire There is no unified theory of everything; it just happens to be the name of the movie (did you even watch the video?). Now there are of course people working on a unified theory of the universe and why would we not? Isn't that sense of awe and wonder part of being human?

    * "The universe keeps changing, it's not stagnant and certainly won't sit still for science to establish one theory for everything." Agreed, but that didn't stop us from discovering and defining gravity.

    * "The closer we go to that which we wish to define the further it moves away." Right… kinda like how we figured out gravity and then applied it on the cosmic scale and the atomic scale and then had to rethink it. That's how science works.

    Also, comparing the work of Alan Watts and that of Stephen Hawkin is a bit of an apples and oranges comparison. Watts addressed the universe from a spiritual/philosophical perspective whereas Hawkin does it from a pure physics perspective. While Watts may be right (and for the record I lean that direction) it won't be Watts proving it, and I don't mean just because he's dead, but because he was a philosopher and not a scientist.

  122. +Paul Spoerry I think the search is futile, kind of a waste of "time", but at the same time I obviously recognise the technological advances we have witnessed in the last 100 years since Tesla was here. It's kind of like tow sides of the same coin. Philosophically speaking it's like humanity has to go out to the universe to discover that it never needed to go anywhere.

    All investigation is the search for our origins, and a search for what we are fundamentally. Outside of our physical structures we crave to undersatnd our selves. Hawking and Watts both understand that we are more that physical bodys running around on a ball of rock flying through space. That theory that come from some quarters is just too juvenile to be entertained by any sensible thinker.

    Watts' and Hawking's work is the same. It's an investigation into the originas of humanity so I don't think it's apples and oranges at all. Or maybe it is! At an atomics level they are the same! Ha! LOL. I really like science dont get me wrong. I have an analytical mind and I like to satisfy it, but I just don't get all the answers I need to satisfy my whole self from it, there's too many holes.

    If a scientist comes up with a theory and sticks at it long enough, she'll eventually come up with proof for it. That's what I believe. Quantum physics has show us that the universe creates itself by virtue of out thought about it, our observation. "Gravity" as we call it is no different.

    Science by virtue of what it does; "Study of the physical universe" is missing most of the picture. It's like looking at the horizon with a telescope. Remove the telescope and we see the whole panorama. +Nassim Haramein has a more unified threory for me. You should check him out.

    Thanks for the exchange. I enjoy discussing these things. No disrespect intended to anyone, I just see things the way I see them, even though that might not be in agreement with the majority.

    P.S. I meant to add; despite all our technological advances in the sciences, I believe we are no better off a species than we were thousands of years ago. Gadgets and quicker ways to kill thousands of people is no measure of how far a race have come. Until we can live on the ball of rock in peace together, we have not gone very far. Some would suggest given how we treat one another even in our every day exchanges we are not much more than primitive.

  136. He left his wife of 30 years to be with his nurse who, according to those close to him, abused him physically and mentally. I don't know much of his personal life and no one does except for him and those super close to him, but it seems like he did a dick move.

  191. +jazz master, It means I agree with what they said.

    Sadly, I had to scroll over, what seemed to be, 100 "one word" comments to read something with any intellectual substance to it. And most had no association whatsoever with the post. How ironic is that? Considering the movie is about a man who could care less about the rest of his body, as long as his brain still functioned properly.

  199. That's exactly what Werner Erhard said before he became one of the most astonishing and (in my view) truly brilliant and iconic Americans in living memory.
    Fingers crossed you'll turn out similarly Larry.

  202. +jazz master I didn't see what your feelings were or what they said. And it'd probably be like going on an Easter Egg Hunt trying to find what you are referring to. You can repost or send to me if you'd like. I need to start supper. It's past 6 here.

  204. +jazz master, it's the two long lengthy comments in between all of people's one word comments like hi and "hallo." And Paul and Larry. Not Paul and Harry.

  212. +Larry G. Maguire

    * "Philosophically speaking it's like humanity has to go out to the universe to discover that it never needed to go anywhere." Actually, from the physics point of view according to Watts and, if I'm understanding correctly, you yourself humanity doesn't go out into the universe to discover anything; it's the universe discovering itself via more and more highly organized 'stuff'. Humanity is just the most highly organized way for the universe to look on itself. Now from a philosophical point of view I'd agree… we're always looking for what's always been there the entire time.

    Your apples and oranges comment was funny… on an atomic level. ;O) That said, quantum mechanics/physics doesn't show us that the universe creates itself out of thought about it. That's simply not factual and based on a misunderstanding of the "Uncertainty Principle" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncertainty_principle) where people have just continued to stand on the original statement by Heisenberg.

    "Science by virtue of what it does; "Study of the physical universe" is missing most of the picture." Totally… well… sort of… science has done leaps and bounds for the human race in terms of medicine, telecommunications, transportation, etc. It has steered clear of the things that would more traditionally land in the 'religion' category because there wasn't enough of anything to stand on. I VERY MUCH recommend checking out Sam Harris' new book "Waking Up" as it addresses much of this. It's only very recently that we've begun to scratch the surface, scientifically, in a way that allows us to examine neuroscience, quantum mechanics, etc. That said, there is a TON of scientific research going on right now around contemplative practices, meditation, etc that I think it very exciting (check my posts… I have an EEG I wear when meditating, which I do daily; it's one of the many sciencey-geeky-things I used to help straddle the two worlds I think we're discussing).

    I too appreciate the exchange and never once felt confronted or disrespected. I think we're mostly on the same page on most things… and I appreciate the exchange. As a final note I'd argue the opposite of your "P.S.". While true we have a greater capacity for killing than ever before we're also living in the time of the greatest levels of peace in all of history. Science alone brought us the transistor, which brought us computers, the Internet, and all the things that make this conversation possible. It's brought us medicine that has extended our lifespan. It's made it possible for us to begin to explore the universe. So while I agree that it may not solve the "ultimate" questions (though the answer 42 comes to mind), it has greatly eased human suffering, allowed for greater novelty in life, more freedom of time, etc. All which will help us, and I mean all of us… all of humanity, lean in toward that thing which you're referring to. So while we might not be there yet… I do think that science and technological advances have in fact made us all that much better off, that much further along, and that much closer toward a New Earth (referencing the excellent book by one of the living masters: Eckhart Tolle).

  215. Can we keep discussions of "god" off this thread. There is nothing scientific about that nor any evidence whatsoever as to the existence of a "supreme being" and having read it several times I can say that the bible is a horribly written book filled with plot holes, inconsistencies, shit that flat out can't be true, etc.

  219. I have had about a half dozen breakdowns in my life. They prevented me from doing the real things I wanted to do in my life. Each time I had a breakdown it was about a year till I could record and write my music again. Some people just throw away so much of their success. I feel like the guy in this movie, except I won't die fast from my sickness. But I do have a beautiful mind and no one can take that away so far.

  227. Sad really. This guy has spent much of his life looking for a T.O.E. He'll never find one that fully works…Unless he first at least considers that it has to be spaceless, timeless and immaterial.
    All I see are these brilliant minds redefining the word "nothing" to mean something.
    They want to say so badly that ultimately "Everything can come from nothing." Which is ridiculous and has never been observed, ever.
    Thoughts +matt slick?

  246. Professor Stephen Hawking is an amazing person, and modest too! He turned down the offer of a knighthood. Certainly somebody who is deserving of it.

  364. +Larry G. Maguire Larry, Tesla was an electrical phenomena himself, but do some research on James Clerk Maxwell. In my opinion the singular most important person that broke ground on electrical and magnetic wave existence. He proved it existed, and used nothing but mathematical equation logic to do it. I believe his importance was swept under the rug because he was a Scot, snubbed by East Coast American and other certain European aristocrats / money. All others built on his work.

  498. +Elvi alta Credentials ? How did any great mind become what it is ? Get a diploma after being forced to sit still in a class room and listen to the dribble of an Ego driven professor ? Or.. get off their lethargic posterior and observe their environment with a critical level of cognitive thinking ? All men may be created equal, but what they do on day two becomes the variance.

  501. +Slick Zilla gibberish is exactly what I just read from you. I see that you're trying your best to sound like an intellect but I'm far from convinced. Ok now to get to your question, how did any great mind become what it is?

    It varies, some actually sat in a class as you mentioned and hit the books really hard while some others are just naturally gifted individuals. So what's your point?

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