Simplicity is the touchstone in finding new physical laws. … If it's elegant, then it's a rough rule of thumb: you're on the right track.

— Kip S. Thorne, Does Physical Reality Go Beyond?

Source: http://www.closertotruth.com/video-profile/Does-Physical-Reality-Go-Beyond-Kip-Thorne-/106

From the Closer to Truth TV series.

Topics: simplicity, physics