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You quoted this bit > as you study the idea more carefully, do you get closer to testable progress or farther away but didn't really answer it. the author poi
by appleflaxen 9y ago
You quoted this bit
> as you study the idea more carefully, do you get closer to testable progress or farther away
but didn't really answer it. the author points out that negative results in the LHC don't disprove string theory (because it would be impossible, given the lack of testable expectations it creates), but show that it's even harder to test than we thought.
In his words, that makes it seem farther away than ever.
At what point is something so far away that you move on to ideas that are less tested but more grounded?
- paulpauper 9y agothat is because the problem itself is much more complicated,hence the path to truth is expected to be more circuitous. It's like discovering that most of the earth's surface area is water instead of land, and then that fact opens a whole new set of questions.
- woodandsteel 9y agoYou didn't answer the question "At what point is something so far away that you move on to ideas that are less tested but more grounded?" I have noticed this is common with string theory defenders. They often don't really address the objections, but instead move off in some other direction they find more congenial.