"The ethos is simple: all scientific models are judged by their predictive power" Then String Theory is rubbish because it predicts nothing? Every single theo

"The ethos is simple: all scientific models are judged by their predictive power" Then String Theory is rubbish because it predicts nothing? Every single theory in science started out with some 'predicate knowledge' and based on 'intuition', scientists reached out a few leaps with some ideas. Some proved right, many proved wrong. Some took a while to come together. "String Theory" is different - it was not based on 'intuition' or any predicate foundation. 'Strings' are a fantasy - just completely made up. Some people took a fantasy 'new origin' and put tons of math around it. Since then, they've never been able to map it to reality, or even conceive of an experiment let alone do one. What it looks like is religion - not only in it's foundation, but in the behaviour of it's acolyltes. How does a Priest react if you tell him 'God does not exist'? How does a String Theorist react if you tell him 'There is no String Theory it's just your imagination'. Perhaps in the greatest of ironies, I actually believe God is more likely to exist than String Theory (!) or at least, there might be some kind of actual spiritual reality to our existence. Strings? It's just an idea that snowballed into something.