I 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. Wi

I 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.