jamesy wrote:Oh, and as for the nature of the Universe, the egotistic geek surfer guy is working on that problem in between dropping in on 20 footers at Backdoor:
Here's the diagram, which shows 248 points:
Lisi's idea is based on an extraordinarily complicated geometric shape called E8, an eight-dimensional shape with 248 points – a pattern he thinks may describe the underlying geometry of the universe itself. The myriad of different particles and forces we perceive would then stem from this shape's weirdly symmetric geometry.
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007 ... sicis.html
So, Yorick, what are the numerical implications of the number 248?
J./
So that doodle done by a kid with a spyrograph is the meaning of life, the Universe and all things?
Bollocks ! Burn the witch