Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
we see atomic spectra, but we weigh hadron spectra.
Frank Wilczek • The Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether, and the Unification of Forces
Both are seeking universal, objective truth.
David Deutsch • The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
besides a model of cosmogenesis—the no-boundary hypothesis, for example—and a notion of evolution—Feynman’s idea of many possible histories in the landscape of string theory, for example—a key third element: observership.
Thomas Hertog • On the Origin of Time: Stephen Hawking's Final Theory
We cannot do it in this way for two reasons. First, we do not yet know all the basic laws: there is an expanding frontier of ignorance. Second, the correct statement of the laws of physics involves some very unfamiliar ideas which require advanced mathematics for their description.