Re:The Dangerous Irrelevance of String Theory
by liberte82 on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @12:48PM
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Because pure math doesn't make a claim to be anything other than it is. String theory supposedly describes real things in the real universe, and as such it's a valid criticism to say it can't be tested.
Maybe it's a marketing problem. If string theory would move outside of the realm of physics and into that of mathematics I don't think it would have these issues.
Re:The Dangerous Irrelevance of String Theory
by dataphyte on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @02:33PM
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That's my thinking as well: just re-brand string theory as math. It's not as though string theory will be testable anytime soon, so the criteria of verification is just hurting the field.
Maybe it's a marketing problem. If string theory would move outside of the realm of physics and into that of mathematics I don't think it would have these issues.