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The importance of geometry in the theory of everything

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Ryan  

As an engineer you would be aware of the importance of geometry.  Geometry may turn out to be a lot more important than you realise however,  and to everything in fact.  People for a long time have searched for a theory that could explain everything,  an answer to the ultimate question of lif e,  the universe and everything so to speak.  There have been many attempts such as string theory and loop quantum gravity .

Now it turns out that all it might ultimately take is 248 dimensions and a structure known as E8.  And once we figure this out we can finally sit back and ask,  "why can't the rest of life be this simple?"

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