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Sabine Hossenfelder | A Major Blow for Unified Physics

A unified theory that explains the interactions in the standard model of particle physics from one common origin has been a goal of physicists ever since the completion of the standard model.

But according to a recently published paper which analyzed the properties of the laws of nature in a multiverse, a unified theory might be incompatible with the presence of life in our universe. Let’s take a look at both of these ideas and why they might be incompatible.

Sabine Hossenfelder

PhD in physics

Sabine Hossenfelder | A Major Blow for Unified Physics

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