Psy-Kosh comments on Open Thread: November 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Psy-Kosh 03 November 2009 03:33:02PM 1 point [-]

Huh? Sorry, I was unclear.

I meant "this is my understanding of what the mainstream theory, ie, the Standard Model says. In fact, it's my understanding of what many of the candidate theories that go beyond it say, it's my understanding of why so many theories are described in terms of their symmetries. Because once one knows their symmetries, one more or less knows the basic structure of the forces it implies. Is this understanding correct, or did I completely miss the point about gauge symmetries and such?"

What theory are you talking about anyways?