No, really, he isn't. He means it in the political sense. (He's a string theorist, and whatever string theory is it really isn't "conservative" in the sense you

No, really, he isn't. He means it in the political sense. (He's a string theorist, and whatever string theory is it really isn't "conservative" in the sense you describe; not until it starts getting experimental evidence.) See, e.g., http://motls.blogspot.com/2010/01/massachusetts-brown-vs-coakley.html http://motls.blogspot.com/2010/01/massachusetts-brown-vs-coa... . (Or, if you share my opinion that what is called with "skepticism" or "denialism" about anthropogenic global warming, depending on which side the caller is on, is generally politically motivated, see about half the posts on his blog.)