Already, researchers are tapping into the ability of the quantum world to radically improve our computing systems, and a theory of everything could potentially speed up the process by revealing new insights into the still largely confusing realm.

 

While theoretical physicists' progress in pursuit of a theory of everything has been "spotty," according to Carroll, each new bit of research - speculative or not - leads us one step closer to uncovering it and ushering in a whole new era in humanity's understanding of the universe.