The other day I discovered Garrett Lisi‘s TED Talk.  My second favorite thing about the talk is seeing how Lisi’s imagination works.  The theory is very imaginative.  My favorite thing about the talk is that it gives insight into a particular motivation for his explorations into the fundamental physics of the universe: he assumes that the universe must be beautiful.  I think this is much of the reason I would bet on his theory over string theory.  Aside from that point, I think motivated modeling is one of the most precious lessons in math and science. Enjoy.

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