Are you still going?
Mm... no... almost...
What are you working on?
I'm working on the greatest scientific breakthrough of the century!
I'll beat off Einstein and unify all of the current physics theories!
Still believe in a theory of everything?
Let me explain
A theory is basically just an educated guess
at trying to explain something
I know, but it can't be too crazy
and to formally be called scientific
it needs to be based upon evidence, make predictions
and be verifiable
Yes, you are right and there are two current verified theories
that help us understand basically everything in the universe
Einstein's theory of relativity helps explain everything on a large scale
It starts by redefining space and time as a plane,
that could be affected by the mass and the energy of objects
If even space and time could be affected,
then there was nothing constant
and reality was now relative
Oh, so it's similar to a person on a trampoline,
the heavier the person is, the more it'll bend
the more energy you put into your jumps, the more it'll bend
Exactly
That's why we have the Standard Model,
that describes three of the most important forces:
electromagnetism, the strong force and the weak force,
as interactions between particles
According to quantum field theory,
these particles come from different, hidden fields, when they are fed with energy
Oh, so it's just like a vending machine
Depending on the energy, which represents money,
the food I get, or the particle
In the end, energy isn't lost, but it's just stored in the machine
There isn't any particle for gravity
Yes, the problem is that space, where gravity takes effect should have a field,
similar to the magnetic field
If that was the case it would be constantly fluctuating,
making particles appear and disappear,
but if Einstein is correct those particles would have energy,
and that energy would be enough to bend the entire universe
There is a theory called loop quantum gravity,
that tries to solve this by seeing space as a cloth made up of small tiny fragments
The problem is that they are so small that we cannot measure them,
so it remains a theory
Besides, it only explains space, leaving out time
All right, that's where string theory comes into play
It describes everything as being made up of tiny, vibrating strings
For mathematical consistency, it requires at least ten dimensions to work,
including the three known plus time
Yeah well, the problem is that it can't be measured or confirmed in an experiment
and to some it seems too far-fetched with unknown dimensions
Maybe we are just missing the big picture,
but right now we have much more to solve,
such as dark matter or dark energy,
before finding a theory of everything
