All accounts seem pretty sneering and dismissive. Quantum wormholes, whether they exist of not are quite beyond me. But the gap in space-time that does interes

All accounts seem pretty sneering and dismissive. Quantum wormholes, whether they exist of not are quite beyond me. But the gap in space-time that does interest me is the one between theoretical physicists and application engineers. The former seem to crave the light of publicity while the latter inhabit dark university basements. The theoreticians may as well have a publicist, broadcasting weekly "Oh hi. We're still here. Haven't discovered anything actually useful yet. But please keep sending grant money".... And then boom! Suddenly someone invents a transistor, or laser from the stuff everyone was mocking as unhinged science fiction. I think there are very, very few people who can make the connection between these worlds, and even less of them are science journalists.