Assumptions

1)

Starting out, why assume you are going to fail?

For example, if I sat down and decided to come up with a unified field theory, why assume from the onset that I couldn't do it?

So, Rule #1 - Assume Success

2)

To be plebian, it would be nice if I could create an anti-gravitational field with electrical energy. To be successful, we'd have to assume that nature itself connects gravitation and electrical energy.

OK, so Rule #2 - Assume nature connects gravitation and electrical energy.

3)

Does nature hide physical concepts from humanity?

Well, no. Just look back 200 years and see where science was, and how steps were made by keen observation.

So, lets roar ahead 200 years and look back on today and our quest. What we seek is so obivious!

So, Rule #3 - Assume nature displays behavior today that will lead us to our goal. It's right under our noses!

4)

Are our theories correct today?

No, because they don't fully connect the dots.

So, one has to ask if it's better to work within the current theories and find the 'missing link', or to abandon the mess all together and start from scratch?

Rule #4 - Assume it's better to make a clean break with current thinking.

See 'methodology' for a further explanation of this process.

5)

Is a graphical solution adequate?

Thinking graphically is a good way to make rapid progress.

It is unclear to me if Newton came up with calculus to explain observations, or used calculus up front? The former seems more likely.

Therefore, Rule #5 - Assume graphics will allow rapid progress.

6)

Should we assume nature is overly complex?

Probably not.

For example, the Standard Model assumes such things as forces, mass, and atoms. There are, what 150 or so mass types, 4 forces, and hundreds of types of atoms.

So, what are the chances such a complex system just sprung up out of nothing?

The probability approaches 0 as the number of symultaneous created types increases.

So, Rule #6 - Nature, at best, created only a handful of things that are building blocks of everything else.

If anything, Rule #6 implies there's a link between electro-magnatism and gravitation - they are, in effect, just manefistations of the same underlying processes.