I'm not a theorist, and especially not a theorist working towards a grand unifying theory. I've only read about 1/3 of the article, but I hated every moment. There seems to be an infinite supply of folks working on unifying theories. It reminds me of children playing a game of "imagination", sitting in a circle, scratching their chins, beginning every sentence with "what if..." and then failing to even finish the thought before something else distracts them.

Reading this has induced a small existential crisis. I hate shit like this. Shit so obviously a shot in the dark you have to wonder who is funding it. So I took a step back and looked at the possible implications of my research and decided that it offers only a tangential benefit to society. Indeed, we are overwhelmingly past the point where an individual can make noteworthy contributions to the knowledge base of physics. Case in point: the long list of co-authors for any significant paper coming out of CERN.

Now I feel like going to give out canned food to the homeless people I share the sidewalks with on my way to campus. I think I need more coffee, and maybe a session at the gym.