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Re:I think string theories are wrong by donovanr on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @10:15PM (#9889351)
The author only encountering to 10^500 sting vacua/landscape issue in 2013 raises some serious crackpot alarm bells [0]. That was common knowledge in the community by 2005 at the latest.

http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/crackpot.html

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Re:I think string theories are wrong by gone35 on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @10:57PM (#9889469)
Yet FWIW, note that #39 applies to every string theorist!

"39. 50 points for claiming you have a revolutionary theory but giving no concrete testable predictions."

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