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Originally Posted by <<>> Should we try to develop the TOE the earlierst possible, due to the fact that many lifes will be saved and/or improved or even enlarged, or should we not develop the TOE because most probably it will destroy, conclude and make worse many lifes? |
I suspect the TOE, once discovered, will not have any direct applications for hundreds of years. (I of course could be wrong). But it would fundamentally have to tie together gravity and quantum mechanics. The only real threat from it is if it described some physical phenomena (like a black hole) which was readily creatable, and then someone created it.
But since we already have that in reality (the atomic bomb) it seems much more likely that we would do ourselves in with atomic bombs than with any new theories- why would we need them to influence our future trajectory?
That is to say in other words: we already have enough knowledge of the universe to rip ourselves to shreds, and have done so repeatedly, how would a new mechanism make any difference whatsoever, unless it was much easier to accomplish? (Which I doubt).
So the theory of everything will likely not impact life for hundreds of years, but I suspect at some point it would have some profound impact on interstellar travel, which is probably hundreds if not thousands of years off.
The only exception to my statements are if a religion springs up around it, then that could change everything (for either better or worse, but probably both)