[wildman]

The interesting thing about TOEs is that every time someone comes out with a new theory that explains the world or universe that is comprehensive in any way, shape, or form, (and this includes group or concensus theories), it is hailed as "The Theory of EVERYTHING" and we always seem to discover a half-dozen more questions that it doesn't answer. My thought is that it is probably impossible to discover Everything, not only that, but I think it would be a bad idea anyway; after all if you've discovered EVERYTHING, what else is there? Strikes me that that would be rather boring. Also there would be the everpresent danger of a somebody or group of somebodies getting control of Everything and making paradise for themselves and purgatory for the rest of us, (the human race is still after all, the human race).

And yes, the TOE would affect religion, after all, what is science but the process of discovering the structure that the Higher Power (God the Father, for me) gave to the universe and the physical rules by which it (the universe)operates. In fact my particular brand of Christianity, while it doesn't state this outright, by its doctrine does seem to imply that once you attain the highest level, there's something more. But, as I see it, I'll find that out when I get there, so I'll do what I'm supposed to do here and worry about there when I get there.

Actually, I do have one heretical worry, and that is finding out that this is a more perfect version of "SimWorld" on some perfect computer and that the fellows upstairs have been having a blast watching our collective lunacy.

Signed,
The Wildman