A surfer has come up with an elegant, possibly provable, theory of everything. (I know this sounds like the start of an Onion article, but it’s the real deal.)
An impoverished surfer has drawn up a new theory of the universe, seen by some as the Holy Grail of physics, which has received rave reviews from scientists.
Garrett Lisi, 39, has a doctorate but no university affiliation and spends most of the year surfing in Hawaii, where he has also been a hiking guide and bridge builder (when he slept in a jungle yurt).
In winter, he heads to the mountains near Lake Tahoe, Nevada, where he snowboards. “Being poor sucks,” Lisi says. “It’s hard to figure out the secrets of the universe when you’re trying to figure out where you and your girlfriend are going to sleep next month.”
I’m not too sure about the physics, but if this isn’t an example of serious lifestyle design, I don’t know what is. Check it out.
