Re:I think string theories are wrong
by zitterbewegung on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @09:07PM
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When physicists can't be employed as physicists they go into finance right? So all of the unemployed string theorists will go into finance?
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Re:I think string theories are wrong
by jessriedel on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @09:15PM
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Most of them already have. The number of strings postdoc has already slowed to a trickle.
Re:I think string theories are wrong
by johncolanduoni on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @10:33PM
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As a physics grad student, the phenomenon I've seen is people simply avoiding focusing on string theory in favor of greener (but still in physics) pastures. I suspect most of the working string theorists who had a stable job to begin with are tenured and will keep doing what they are. Personally I'm not sure how to feel about all of it; although the contribution of string theory to physics can most certainly be argued, mathematics has definitely benefited from its development.