Complexity...

I like physics (sad eh?) and you would think that means I like things complex. Far from it, I like things to be simple. Simple things are easy to understand and easy to use (and fix).

While some would doubt it physics is largely pretty simple. Gravity, electromagnetism, quantum physics; they all make sense once you grasp the simplicity behind them. Don't get me wrong, there are lots of formulas knocking about that can sometimes tie you in knots, but the ideas behind these things are simple. It took great minds to come up with these simple ideas, and brilliant minds to test the theories so that the rest of us can take them for granted (always a dodgy idea in physics but many things are now accepted as 'proved').

Last night I watched the last part of a documentary about the work the Stephen Hawking on a unified theory of everything. Somewhat interesting but it eventually it gets around to string theory.

I have a problem with string theory... it is just too complicated. I know we are talking about the fundamental binding of the universe but for that reason I think it should be even simpler.

Multiple dimensions rolled up at every point... why? To make a set of ideas work, not because it makes sense. Not to mention I have problems with the reason for any dimensions beyond 6 or maybe 7 at a push.

Simply this is complexity where there should be simplicity.

Still since the whole world will be consumed by the black holes created at Cern in a few months it wont matter ;)

[Yes there are some that believe that is going to happen....]