Explaining the Inexplicable

inexplicable incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for

Physicists have been seeking a Theory of Everything (TOE). Their searches have gone far beyond anything Einstein contemplated about the forces in our universe, or that he was willing to accept. One of the latest candidates for TOE is string theory, which deals wth the invisible and intricate - and no matter how many times it is studied, it leaves this layman befuddled. One is supposed to accept that there are many more dimensions in space than the three - height, breadth, depth - which are familiar concepts. It is said there are nine dimensions and one of time. The strings are coiled and vibrating within, or are, subatomic particles.

An unlikely source of wisdom put it thus: imagine a table upon which there is a magazine that explains everything known about our universe. An ant is crawling along the floor beneath that table. Consider what the ant knows of the content of the magazine. We are like that ant.