Originally Posted by
MadMojoMonkey
Yeah, I decided to weight Wuf's 2nd sentence for my previous response. I don't think there's any reason a physicist should think that the Unified Field Theory, UFT, or Theory Of Everything, TOE, is an impractical goal. I do believe that these theories will be solved.
Also, there's no need to include 'essence' or 'ultimate sense' in physics at this point. Furthermore, I can't say there's no such thing as gods or magic, but so far, everything that was once explained by either divine intervention or magic has turned out to be better explained by something that is neither divine intervention nor magic. So I feel pretty confident that these ideas are not needed to explain the structure and development of the universe.
Still, science isn't interested in what is 'true'. I feel that is the greatest misunderstanding in the world as pertains to science. Science is interested in what's consistent, not what is true. It's a subtle, but important distinction.