Research concludes there is no 'simple theory of everything' inside the enigmatic E8

(Emory University) The "exceptionally simple theory of everything," proposed by surfing physicist Garrett Lisi, does not hold water, says Emory University mathematician Skip Garibaldi. He disproves the theory in a co-authored paper set to appear in Communications in Mathematical Physics. Centered on the elegant E8 structure, they use linear algebra and proving theorems to translate the physics into math, and show that Lisi's formulas don't work, while also demonstrating flaws in a class of related theories.