What is CoreTheory?

Think of Core Theory as humanity's best "instruction manual" for how reality works at its most fundamental level. It's actually two separate theories that together explain almost everything we observe in the universe.

The Standard Model handles three of the four fundamental forces:

• Electromagnetic force: Why magnets stick, why you get shocked, how light works
• Weak nuclear force: Responsible for certain types of radioactive decay
• Strong nuclear force: Holds protons and neutrons together in atomic nuclei

It also catalogs all the fundamental particles - the basic "LEGO blocks" of matter. These include quarks (which make up protons and neutrons), leptons (like electrons), and force-carrying particles (like photons for light).

General Relativity handles the fourth force:

• Gravity: But not as a "pulling force" - instead, massive objects bend spacetime itself, and we experience that bending as gravity. Picture a bowling ball on a stretched bedsheet creating a dip that marbles roll toward.

Why It's Called "Core Theory"

These theories have been tested to extraordinary precision. The Standard Model's predictions match experiments to 12+ decimal places in some cases. General Relativity correctly predicted GPS satellite timing, gravitational waves, and black hole behavior decades before we could observe them.

The Big Problem

These two theories are mathematically incompatible. At extreme conditions - like inside black holes or during the first moments after the Big Bang - both gravity and quantum effects become important simultaneously, and our equations break down.

What This Means

Core Theory works brilliantly for 99.9% of physics, from designing computer chips to launching spacecraft. But physicists know it's incomplete, driving the search for a "Theory of Everything" that would unify all forces into one coherent framework.