A general unification theory will reveal to us the fundamental mechanism used to create our world. It would also point us in the direction to look for the reason for life, consciousness, etc., which are things we generally don't relate to physics.
If we were to work from the foundation of a true general unification theory outward, it would be realized that it's the fundamental foundation of a TOE. This would give us the tools we need to probe all and any realm of our world: reality, existence, counsciousness, universal mechanics, etc. It would unite what could be viewed as abstract entities in our world with those entities we view as universally fundamental, because all things are truly fundamental, else they wouldn't exist.
Being as the TOE is the tool for understanding, it could be used to probe all of history through every instance of time/cause and effect, to the point where we understand universally , or relative to existence, why your car won't start, but we probably would still lack the mental capacity to calculate every instance of time/cause and effect, which would allow us to mentally recreate every moment from a theoretical begining to the moment of your unfortunate incident. In other words, the Toe gives us the how, why, where and what, but it too is at the mercy of the when/time. It can explain the when also, but that's what it's been doing since this all started. The total amount of time from a begining to an end of our universe is how long it took the TOE to reveal all instances of cause and effect. Thus, we probably can't recreate any part of it in any less time, which would allow for us to instantaneously understand something that is in essence cause and effect and has been happening since the beginning.
I hope this helps.
P.S. I hope your car cranks, and I hope you enjoy driving it, because if it too wasn't needed, it wouldn't be here. Some people think man is set against our world, and has the power to effect it in a negative way, but we don't have that power. We are blindly doing that which we are fundamentally here to do. If that, which we do by our actions, appears destructive to our immediate realm, then the destruction of that realm is constructive to a greater realm we currently don't understand. Any self realization of our actions that causes guilt which slows the process down is merely the universal mechanism to govern our progress for a reason. Our consciousness is our connection to the universal direction we must go in, which drives the universal vehicle of mankind, and our emotions are the steering wheel.
If we choose to believe that our conscious actions could ever be destructive to the direction we must universally go towards, then we might as well quite searching for a Toe, because we have effectively inserted a variable that could never be accounted for. Thus, true understanding of a Toe needs and must have a direction to go in and all things in existence must contribute to that direction or flow. If you want to know why you are here, look at the things you do in day to day life. A Toe will merely let you see how that flows with the rest of the universe.
I think you're not giving yourself enough credit. A true TOE is just as, if not more, likely to come from a truly learning passionate person, like you, than it is anyone else with any degree of intelligence. You seem to have what it takes...DESIRE, which keeps you moving onward. All you need now is direction, which will allow you to move forward, and you very well may have that also. I don't know, as I too am searching for the correct direction, which will bring the most meaning to my travels.
All we have to do now is keep from getting intimidated by the seemingly uncomprehensible knowledge we seek, which brings death to learning, and be arrogant in knowing that we can understand the most seemingly incomprehensible of things if given the chance and direction, which gives life to learning.
Exerpt From A PM - 4-26-2008
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Originally Posted by analog
I truly love discussing our world, but at my own admittance I have a tendency to speak from my views, and that isn't always appropriate. However, rest assured that I have built many Universal vehicles to travel the roads of my mind, and most of them have gotten intellectual flat tires, or run out of creative gas somewhere along the way, leaving me stranded along the side of the highway to total enlightenment, somewhere between the village of "Ignorance is Bliss" and the big city of "Knowledge is Power". It is because I have often been down the road of others that I feel the need to try to steer their vehicle and I feel this is a personal character flaw.
This isn't to say that your views are wrong at all. On the contrary, they are just as plausible as my own, and I admire your effort to know this thing (our universe) that called us forth from the murky depths from which we came.
If you would like to continue any discussions with me in any way, I would be delighted, but I don't want to distract you from that which makes you who you are, your wonderful work. At the very least, you have opened our eyes to catch a glimpse of how you see our world. Is that not just as important and beautiful as how it may or may not actually look? It is in my eyes.
Excerpt From A PM - 4-27-2008
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Originally Posted by analog
To achieve the goal you seek, one must be equally adapted to the macrocosmic scale as well as the microcosmic. You must construct one as you keep the other in mind, if you are to be able to relate to both. Your theories must encompass such things as: the spherical nature of planets, the eliptical nature of planetary orbits, the relative size of the sun compared to the planets surrounding it, the formation of solid cores to outer layers of gas of a planet, why the progression of planets resembles a progressive state of decay, the more flattened formation of galaxies, why stars only form in galaxies and why planets only form around stars, along with all of the other microcosmic elements that you've already addressed.
Everything within us and without us is a clue to the mystery you seek to answer. We must account for all things if we are to be able to account for anything. We must be a good detective of nature if we are ever to solve this eternally open case...... All things are suspect.
04-28-2008 01:30 AM 
