Re:Can Foundational Physics Be Saved?
by XorNot on Sunday December 16, 2018 @07:48AM
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No the problem is that any new model needs to be more then "interesting" - plenty of those kicking around. What it needs to do is generate a testable prediction - either explain something we currently can't explain, and ideally point the way to something we should expect to see if it's correct in a convincing way.
The entire argument against string theory, is, in many ways, founded on the fact that as a group of hypotheses, none of them predict anything that would rule them in or out that's within a practically reachable detection limit.
The entire argument against string theory, is, in many ways, founded on the fact that as a group of hypotheses, none of them predict anything that would rule them in or out that's within a practically reachable detection limit.