> Smolin's basic complaint is that there is no experimental evidence for string theory. The issue wasn't that there was no evidence but that there weren't any

> Smolin's basic complaint is that there is no experimental evidence for string theory. The issue wasn't that there was no evidence but that there weren't any predictions that would be testable in our lifetimes. Superstring theory did make a testable prediction though: Supersymmetry. But the LHC didn't find any evidence. [1] [1] http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/12/first-high-energy-lhc-results-supersymmetry-still-dead-watch-for-gravitons/ http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/12/first-high-energy-lhc...