Murray Gell-Mann, a physicist working on grand unified theory, stated that you will know when you have achieved the grand unified theory because the explanation will be incredibly beautiful and simple with almost no moving parts—an intuition reflecting Aristotle's view that simplicity and elegance indicate correct scientific explanation.
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“the explanation will be incredibly beautiful and simple there'll be almost no moving parts”
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