# The Unified-Field Theory Solved. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 25, 2001, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unified-field-theory-solved/83639 "2001-09-25T05:24:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![walor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@walor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/walor)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unified-field-theory-solved/83639/61 "2001-09-28T09:28:28Z")
[spotlight on…] walor enters stage left… ‘They all laughed at Christopher Colombus, when he said the world was round They all all laughed when Edison invented sound’ …exits stage left to applause […/spotlight off] ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unified-field-theory-solved/83639/62 "2001-09-28T11:01:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hiyruu \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by TwistofFate \* > > \*\*Dude, > > > > 1:1.617 cannot be represented by a spiral. It can be represented by a geometric patern, but what would make the resultant pattern any different than a pattern representing 1:3.14 ? \*\* > > It’s 1.618, and of course it can be represented as a spiral!!! Geeez! > > Look here: [http://galaxy.cau.edu/tsmith/KW/goldengeom2.html](http://galaxy.cau.edu/tsmith/KW/goldengeom2.html) > The golden spiral is the only spiral that is truly ‘scalar’, which means as scale changes ratio stays the same, which allows ultimate compression of waves without destructive interference. This results in waves converging and gaining inertia/mass. \*\* Any two or three dimensional shape, including spirals, can be scaled up or down while preserving ratio. Talk to an architect or drafter. BTW, you are not talking about ‘scalar’ which is the opposite of ‘vector’. ‘Scaling’ an object up or down has nothing to do with compression waves [see below]. Converging waves gain in amplitude, not inertia, nor mass. Any fool knows that the only way to express mass in terms of wavelength is through this [formula](http://www.krysstal.com/images/formulas_mwaves.gif). Note that extreme velocities or small masses are required to make any sort of useful wave out of a mass. You get an ‘F’ in physics 101, and a ‘D’ in interpersonal skills. Handy glossary of terms: Compresson wave: A wave in which the disturbance is a compression of the medium. (Compression waves are also called ‘longitudinal waves.’) sca·lar (sk l r, -lär ) A quantity, such as mass, length, or speed, that is completely specified by its magnitude and has no direction in·er·tia ( -nûr sh ) Physics. The tendency of a body to resist acceleration; the tendency of a body at rest to remain at rest or of a body in straight line motion to stay in motion in a straight line unless acted on by an outside force. ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unified-field-theory-solved/83639/63 "2001-09-28T11:06:48Z")
Just thought I’d throw in a friendly limerick, as posted in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=35381&pagenumber=3) thread. > [@](#): > > \*\*Relatively Speaking: \*\* > > A student of physics most weary > thought the waking world dreadfully dreary > but found solace in dreams > of revising extremes > in her version of Unified Field Theory. ----:p/ ----///\ And now, on with the discoursing. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unified-field-theory-solved/83639/64 "2001-09-28T11:24:51Z")
Hyiruu, You still havent answered the question. How is the ratio 1:6.18 (BTW, :rolleyes: ) any more special to the ratio 1:3.14. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unified-field-theory-solved/83639/65 "2001-09-28T12:04:04Z")
> [@](#): > > Ehh mods, maybe this thread could be moved to ‘great debates’? I think not. If I moved this kind of foolishness to Great Debates, Gaudere would be wearing my balls on her charm bracelet. ---
**Author:** ![Caldazar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Caldazar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caldazar)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unified-field-theory-solved/83639/66 "2001-09-28T15:34:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hiyruu \* > Read this:[http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/phi2DGeomTrig.html](http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/phi2DGeomTrig.html) before you pretend to know what you are talking about. \*\* Fair enough, I concede my first point to you; it is not a Spiral of Archemedes. The other points (and as far as I’ve read, all the points of all the other posters) still stand. ---
**Author:** ![Cap\_n\_Yoaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8797f3/32.png) [@Cap\_n\_Yoaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cap_n_Yoaz)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unified-field-theory-solved/83639/67 "2001-09-28T16:07:20Z")
The Unified Field Theory Solved!! COOL!! Does this mean I get my flying car now? Because, dammit, that’s what those blasted sci-fi cartoons and movies promised me. Oh yeah, see if they can line up a three-way for me with Jane and Judy Jetson, too. Hot mamas AND flying cars! The future’s looking brighter every day! ---
**Author:** ![saepiroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@saepiroth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saepiroth)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unified-field-theory-solved/83639/68 "2001-09-28T17:51:27Z")
he gets a “D” in interpersonal skills? that’s one weighted curve… ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unified-field-theory-solved/83639/69 "2001-10-04T01:38:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cap’n Yoaz \* > \*\*Does this mean I get my flying car now? \*\* Sure, why not? Give [this guy](http://www.moller.com) a call. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unified-field-theory-solved/83639/70 "2001-10-04T02:23:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Barbarian \* > \*\*Well, what is this Unified Field Theory useful for? \*\* As far as I understand it, the theory describes how one playing field can be used for baseball, football, soccer, and, if modified appropriately, even ice hockey. I am told that a variant of the theory, the so-called unified farmer’s-field theory, can be used to provide a theoretical underpinning for the practice of growing barley, oats, wheat, and corn side by side. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unified-field-theory-solved/83639/71 "2001-10-04T09:29:05Z")
> [@](#): > > barley, oats, wheat, and corn side by side and with a little modification, you can grow Rice as well. Corn, oats rice and wheat… hey!! call Cheerio’s immediately!!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unified-field-theory-solved/83639.md?page=3)