When Physics Theories Won't Play Nice

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When Physics Theories Won't Play Nice

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The eternal struggle of modern physics captured in one adorable doggo meme! This Shiba Inu represents the collective frustration of physicists trying to make General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics play nice together. These two fundamental theories describe our universe beautifully on their own scales (cosmic vs. subatomic), but they refuse to unify into one coherent theory. Physicists have spent decades trying to make these theoretical "puppies" kiss, but the mathematical incompatibilities keep them apart. String theory, loop quantum gravity... nothing's worked yet! The doggo's sad expression perfectly captures the existential crisis of theoretical physics. Maybe the Theory of Everything is just the friends we made along the way?

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