Why I think PSYCHOLOGY will come up with the THEORY OF EVERYTHING and not PHYSICS
To all the physics lovers out there, I have nothing against the subject. But I believe it has certain limitations that will restrict it from seeing the bigger picture. Compared to the field of physics, which started wearing the science gown early in the 4th century BCE, Psychology as a science has only taken a few baby steps, being introduced in the scientific arena in the late 70s. Still, the impact it had on the world of science has been truly remarkable.
The ‘theory of everything’ is a hypothetical, single, all-encompassing, coherent theoretical framework of physics that fully explains and links together all physical aspects of the universe. There have been attempts to create such a theory like string theory and M-theory, but it still remains unsolved. However, by ‘the theory of everything’, I mean a wider concept that includes everything, not just the physical aspects of the world. And, this is just a conceptual article and I rely totally on my wits and wisdom to complete the article. Yes, these are valid arguments and a very interesting concept to be sure but it is hardly an empirical research work. And, I am not here to say that psychology is in any way better than physics (obviously, I believe so. I’m just not gonna say it).
Every branch of science has two basic features; observation and experimentation. Anything that can’t be observed or experimented upon, is out of the question. But, even though psychology itself is a branch of science, it has the superpower to dive into this unknown world at times. There is no other scientific field with this ability and that makes psychology one-of-a-kind. However, there is also a risk factor involved, if it dives too deep there may not be a comeback- psychology might lose its scientific properties. So, there has to be a balance between the two.
One of the major reasons I think no other scientific field can come up with the theory of everything is probably because almost all other fields omit the psychological aspects of this universe. Imagine yourself watching a green parrot with another person. However, if that other person is colour-blind, even while observing the same thing at the same time, you will have totally different experiences. Well, colour-blindness is an easy concept to tackle compared to the other mysteries of the world. Therefore, to cook up a unified theory, I believe it is important that we look inside at least as much as we look outside. It is possible that our brain holds the key to unravel the most mysterious problems in the universe.
Our brain could be the most sophisticated system known to mankind. The number of neural connections it has exceeds the number of stars we see in the night sky. We still haven’t figured out much about the way it works. Yes, we are aware of its anatomical aspects, how it relays messages, how it promotes and inhibits certain hormones and neurotransmitters, etc, but there is still a long way to go. The studies on how our brain creates an alternative reality for us (hallucination) on drugs or even fool us into believing something that doesn’t exist (illusion), makes us wonder; ‘are we even living the actual reality or is it all just a picture painted by our brain?’.
The 1.5 Kilogram crown on our head could be the closest thing we have to a key that opens to the world of mysteries. And it is arguably the best option we have to come up with ‘the theory of everything’.
