Re:Will string theory finally be put to the experimental test?
by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @03:10PM
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> Whether we must continue investing effort/resources on that front is a political question, not a scientific one
Whether, sure. But if politicians fund $X towards high-energy physics, how to allocate that funding is at least partly a scientific question.
And driving dollars after an unfalsifiable theory (or framework) sounds like a money pit. There's no point at which its adherents will say "never mind, this is a bad approach, let's try something else."
Whether, sure. But if politicians fund $X towards high-energy physics, how to allocate that funding is at least partly a scientific question.
And driving dollars after an unfalsifiable theory (or framework) sounds like a money pit. There's no point at which its adherents will say "never mind, this is a bad approach, let's try something else."