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It's worth pointing out that modified gravity has less acceptance than even string theory. It's worth working on, as a somewhat plausible alternative to the st
by CydeWeys 6y ago
It's worth pointing out that modified gravity has less acceptance than even string theory. It's worth working on, as a somewhat plausible alternative to the standard theory, but it's not very likely to end up being correct. It's worth ruling out fully, though (the same can't be said of e.g. flat Earthism).
This particular work seems like adding on epicycles, or overfitting as you'd call it in machine learning.
- cultus 6y agoTo be fair, from the outside at least, a lot of string theory looks like adding epicycles as well.
- CydeWeys 6y agoYes, that is a common view amongst most physicists.
- auntienomen 6y agoI disagree, it's not a common view. It's common for physicists to think string theory might be empty theorizing, but it doesn't look at all like epicycles. With epicycles, you start with an existing model and than add complexity. That's not strings. Strings starts with something entirely new, that's already complex.