How much of "Pilgrim" is based in scientific fact?

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I wanted to limit the number of speculative leaps in order to make this as scientifically grounded as possible. As such, the only core "fiction" is that there is scientific proof for a single unified field that operates by attraction. But that's not to say there is no basis for this idea.

Scientists have long speculated that there might be a single unifying field at the heart of our reality. Einstein spent his last years looking for the common thread that could unite the forces and fields that we know from physics. Physicists are still looking for ways to unite Newtonian (macro) physics and the world of quantum (micro) mechanics.

What intrigued me was everything I read about the Law of Attraction, and whether this was a missing link, given the role of attraction in so many of physics' central premises. I'm not a scientist. But thankfully there are very many good scientists who have attempted to make quantum physics accessible to the general public, and their books make for a fascinating journey into the unknown. Because physics has as many questions as it has answers.

So, while the "discovery" in Pilgrim of a single unified attraction-based field is speculation, the other insights are drawn from what physics, philosophy, and religious traditions have been saying for some time.

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