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My problem with string theory is that so far string theory has gotten EVERYTHING wrong. Not a single of their predictions were true. Yes, they adjust the theory
by cLeEOGPw 10y ago
My problem with string theory is that so far string theory has gotten EVERYTHING wrong. Not a single of their predictions were true. Yes, they adjust the theory once their predictions are proved to be false, but it just turns the theory into constant best fit theory for current observations.
In my opinion string theory is a very complex case of interpolation. Yes, it "explains" our current knowledge, but it goes way off just after the last point to which it is interpolated. I like that it exists, as it will surely make history in science a grandiose attempt to unify GR with QM, and it is real science in a sense that the methods used in it might be transferred to other fields, but I don't expect for it to give any insight into our universe.
Treat it like a theoretical physicist toy, and when you look at it that way, it isn't that bad at all.