Einstein gave us space-time. Smolin is trying to give us momentum-space. Combine the two and phase space appears, maybe:
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> http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21128241.700-beyond-spacetime-welcome-to-phase-sp... shows PROMISE. This is equivalent for example, to how electricity and magnetism are interrelated. For the first time in years... I feel a way exists for a ToE...-Though verifying 8-dimensions seems impossible. It's not as impossible as strings. I'm very interested in this...