Murder by Death

So the Unified theory is akin to fatalism?  I know, I know, that's too simplistic, but really as I read that part, I couldn't help but think that's what it amounted too.  But I really like Stewart and Cohen's explanation of why a unified theory doesn't scale up.  

I also really liked their explanation of Schrödinger's Cat thought experiment; talk about something that's been corrupted over time and media exposure!  The only reason he devised it was to refute the Copenhagen interpretation.  In a very weird way, this relieves my mind; I know my cats aren't both dead and alive at the same time, but the thought that there might be a scientific principle that said they should be always made me vaguely uneasy.

I'm at the point in the Discworld part of the book where if it weren't for the very rich irony, I'd be a little bit bored.  The UU staff is just waiting for something to happen, and it's all space-stuff, which I never find exciting.  But the irony is keeping me amused.