> You frequently see journalists representing the results of unreplicated garbage psychology experiments as scientific fact yet you never hear anyone claiming string theory is any such thing.

Supersymmetry and string theory have long been presented to the general public as "theoretical physics awaiting experimental validation." See, e.g., the Elegant Universe. Hell the fact that the LHC hasn't reported a new particle where most supersymmetry theorists expected one to be has prompted a rush towards moving goalposts to keep supersymmetry alive. That's not the sign of a robust theory.