The following article is about the Theory of Everything (TOE) and more specifically about String Theory and where it stands today. I do not expect anybody to understand the “science” of the article, but I hope that you get a sense of the tone. We have entered a realm of scientific investigation where the mathematics far exceeds what can be experimentally shown. It will probably remain that way for a long time because the energies required to create the conditions under when the theories can be proved or disproved are not practical. For example, what if a certain phenomenon can only be observed under conditions that exist related to the energies involved in the presence of a black hole?
I used to think that science needs to keep digging deeper and deeper into the fundamentals of existence, but I am beginning to wonder if there is a useful purpose to this endeavor beyond a certain point. Does any of this really help us understand more about ourselves or have the potential to help us in some way in the future? Even if the experiments to prove something about the TOE were to become practical some time in the very distant future, what if the energies required to set up the experiment to prove it are of an order of magnitude that would change the conditions under which the experiment has been conducted in some irreparable way? Would there ever be a reason to conduct such an experiment? It would be like eating the apple in the Garden of Eden.
The comments related to this article below (seen at the end of the article) may be more enlightening than the article itself. You get to a point where the conversation can seem to have overtones that are similar to those when talking about religion. Does science as defined today become pointless beyond some point?
Splattered Brains 