"No matter how well-founded the idea that string theory is a dead end, this isn't likely to improve things. " If string theory is in fact a flub - and the fiel

"No matter how well-founded the idea that string theory is a dead end, this isn't likely to improve things. " If string theory is in fact a flub - and the field can't take a basic article of this 'tone' without flinching - the science has a problem.