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Re:Black holes might be defects in spacetime by EddieEngineers on Monday May 22, 2023 @12:24PM (#36033460)
> like actively trying to reconcile the contradictory theories of gravity and quantum mechanics

Isn't that exactly what string theory is trying to do?

Re:Black holes might be defects in spacetime by ftxbro on Monday May 22, 2023 @12:38PM (#36033619)
She's mainly against research that tries to achieve naturalness for its own sake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalness_(physics)

If someone is actually trying to get to the bottom of some contradictions in physics experiments I don't think she would be against this. I think she has observed that string theory has failed at it for so long and maybe some other methods can get a chance for funding instead of spending a hundred billion dollars on string theory and ten thousand dollars on other methods.