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[Non-Luddite]

I read the book completely in a couple of weeks and am currently re-reading the entire book. Fascinating and challenging read. Mark McCutcheon is one audacious author. He does not hesitate to question any of the sacred cows of Standard Theory in science. A most refreshing approach.

I've just started looking for postings on the topic of "The Final Theory" and surely enough I am finding a lot of Luddite type postings. You may remember the Luddites opposed advancing technology because it threatened their jobs. Well, in this case, I believe "The Final Theory" will challenge all who are stuck in the mud for any reason, be it job security, ego, intellectual investment, bigotry, closed mindedness, infantile intellectuosity etc..

I find much to recommend the book. Anyone who reads part of the book and jumps to a negative conclusion and ceases to read will have done themselves one huge disservice. The author very logically unfolds his ideas in sequence throughout the book.

I'm going to be very interested to watch the public discussion develop and even to participate.

Skepticism is most appropriate when reading and contemplating "The Final Theory" but so is logical analysis, withholding judgment until proven right or wrong, treating it as a hypothesis worthy of both thought experiments and physical experiments and rational scientific enquiry.

I believe the testing, discussion and analysis of this theory is going to be enormous good fun and I hope there are a lot of intellectually honest people who will read and proceed with such. The theory deserves the best we've got. Who knows it could well be correct. And, if correct, the theory's wonderful simplicity will be a great boon to continuing technological development.

If you are opposed to Mark's theory, fine, but, please be intellectually honest enough to give as logical and rational explanations as Mark has given to explain your rational. Or else, just admit your opposition is emotional or irrational or whatever and go on with your life as the rest of us will go on with ours.