Re:Physicists may now have a way to make element 120
by smaudet on Thursday July 25, 2024 @11:03AM
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> string theory has currently failed to combine them in a testable way
String theory may well be wrong/currently untestable, however failure to invalidate the null hypothesis is not proof that somehow we don't have a meaningful understanding of other, proven theories/laws.
Put a different way, if an apple falls from a tree on earth, I don't panic because I don't understand quarks or electron orbitals. I calculate the point/speed/force of impact to acceptable margins of error.
Re:Physicists may now have a way to make element 120
by bluepoint on Thursday July 25, 2024 @08:24PM
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I think the point is that string theory is a huge model with so many parameters that it can fit everything. This is overfitting. Because of that it does not have predicting power.
String theory may well be wrong/currently untestable, however failure to invalidate the null hypothesis is not proof that somehow we don't have a meaningful understanding of other, proven theories/laws.
Put a different way, if an apple falls from a tree on earth, I don't panic because I don't understand quarks or electron orbitals. I calculate the point/speed/force of impact to acceptable margins of error.