Can our brains handle the theory of everything?

Limitations of human brain mean we may never understand the secrets of... Lady Gaga Step 1: Do something bizarre and spastic Step 2: ??? Step 3: Profit Well, isn't that why we've developed technology? I'm sure if we last long enough we'll find ways to artificially enhance our brains or develop AI's to do creative thinking beyond our natural limits. Let's assume (some point in the future) that we have developed a super computer that has the ability to understand and process the greatest mysteries in life; would it be able to explain it to us in a way that we could comprehend? Ok, since no one i... [More]

Charles Darwin may have been right , in which case we are just big hairy dumb animals .... But I think Mr Gold is on the right track , we will eventually evolve , we aren't there yet , and at this point in time we don't understand the mysteries of the universe .... But one day humans will.

the human brain is limited, the group brain is not,

Large scale universal thinking is better than thinking about what one may want to go shop for or what one may go do today. Simple thinking is boring. I can only be enthused at the thought of trying to figure the ways of a complex universe. What does the universe consist of? Matter, energy, organic matter and most likely anti-matter. knowing this we can draw a bigger picture of what we are here to do. Most likely we are living within a bigger organic being within a bigger and on and on. Since life here on Earth revolves around the sun which will one day die and become a dwarf or possibly a blac... [More]

I like the enthusiasm of your reply, but I think our sun has about 5 billion or so years of life left, although it may cause us problems before that. Will we be around then? In the visible universe I don't think astronomers have found any anti-matter floating around. That's one of the questions cosmologists wonder about. How do you know that the speed of light has changed? Whatever else, I certainly agree the human race is doomed in the far future (or maybe not so far future) for many reasons. We need to plan our escape befor it's too late!! Oh, what has all this to do with the possible limita... [More]

we could just be of course "overthinking"

We will learn them... EVENTUALLY

Let's assume (some point in the future) that we have developed a super computer thathas the ability to understand and process the greatest mysteries in life; would it be able to explain it to us in a way that we could comprehend? The smartest humans, such as Einstein, only use 10% of their mental capacity. Genetic engineering can unlock that 90%.http://www.humansfuture.org/genetic_engineering_human_brain.php.htm The computer itself can be a neural implant. The only limitation is the ethical considerations of making humans unnaturally intelligent, not that it's impossible. http://en.wikipedia.o... [More]

There is already be a mathematical theory proposed by a theoretical physicist named Garret Lisi that very well could unify the four forces of our universe which are gravity, electromagnetism, strong force, and weak force. Physicists have been trying to achieve this for a long time and most have given up. In the first episode of the new science channel show Through the Wormhole, Garret Lisi is introduced and he explains his theory that could unlock the secrets of our universe. There is still undiscovered elementary particles such as the Higg Boson and the Graviton that scientists are trying ver... [More]

Hehe... Maybe we should build a giant super computer and put it to work for 7.5 million years to be sure the answer really is 42.