Comment Reasoning for no theory (Score 1) 465
I would submit that one will not experience a universe in which someone else discovers a theory of everything. The act of experiencing the universe, the singleness of the consciousness, and the determination of how reality unfolds are all properties that only the mind experiencing the universe will be able to examine. So, it is very likely that these properties are pivotal in developing an all consuming theory. There could be a paradox in which only the person experiencing the universe could develop a theory of everything, having access to all the information both physical and beyond physical. While the mind might observe people theorizing and coming close to developing a theory, it would be impossible for them to actually succeed.
Theorists in this universe may have very different notions of what a 'mind' is. Most people look at other people and theorize that there must be a hidden metaphysical consciousness that goes along with each physical body, a soul. However, if something is metaphysical is it even possible to hide it? Hidden things and hidden information is a physical world concept that most likely doesn't apply to things like minds or souls. That is, if you experience the universe with one mind, you must experience the universe with all minds or those other minds don't exist. So there is evidence that there is no such thing as other minds or souls. People are just physical objects, and thus their concept of a mind is that of a computer, able to take input, process, and form output but they are strictly of the physical universe. So other people, being strictly physical objects, could never understand what a true mind is, and thus not be able to complete the broader puzzle of what gives the universe form. It's telling that most people are willing to attribute a mind to a physical human, but not to other animals, bugs, plants, etc.
If you believe in a multiverse or multiple minds, then the paradox allows that the person can experience themselves having a Eureka moment but will never experience another person, animal, or thing solving the puzzle.