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The E8 Lie Group and the Theory of Everything

The man who many be on the brink of answering the most important question in science is a Physicist turned “beach bum” called Garrett Lisi, and his E8 Theory is (in his opinion) on it’s way to forming a Theory of Everything. The E8 Theory is essentially based on twisting a collection of identical circles around each other in different ways to create a mathematical shape known as a lie group and from this lie group the construction of our universe can be found. Large Hadron Collider, The Telegraph, Roger Highfield, 2007.

It starts by wrapping one circle around another, keeping the second circle perpendicular to the first, creating a shape called a Torus, specifically a Ring Torus, which looks very similar to a ring donut. Then by wrapping a third circle around that, perpendicular to the first two circles you achieve a 3 dimensional shape. Garrett Lisi’s theory was discovered by continually repeating this process of twisting circles until he had 248 circles interlinked, creating a shape beyond standard human comprehension, almost impossible to visualise in 3 dimensions. He called this shape the E8 Lie group.

Many may be wondering how this relates to the creation of our universe or our simulated universe or indeed fits into the Grand Unification theory. Garrett’s discovery becomes interesting when you begin to pull the E8 Lie Group shape apart and notice that the way in which these circles twist around each other corresponds incredibly closely to the way fundamental particles interact on a Quantum level.