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THE THEORY OF (N)EVERYTHING

My fascination with Physics has grown in parallel with my interest in Philosophy . Debates arise as to the merit of either discipline in the understanding of our world. I see no distinction of importance between the two ( Carlo Rovelli: Why Physics needs Philosophy ) as I maintain that the empirical and the metaphysical are equally crucial for the understanding of the universe. Without the right questions, we would never find the right answers. As things became very small with the study of Quantum Mechanics , a link was needed to the very massive (Einstein's  Theory of   General Relativity ), in what is supposed to become a Theory of Everything , also known as  Quantum Gravity . I've played with the idea and philosophised about it and these are some of my musings, which I call the  Theory of (N)everything . The silly title is to emphasise my total awareness of my shortcomings both in scientific and philosophical terms. In the beginning, there was coffee. Scatt...