> Its presumed lack of falsifiability has been one of its drawbacks[..] Given that the definition of a theory is an hypothesis that can be tested for falsehood

> Its presumed lack of falsifiability has been one of its drawbacks[..] Given that the definition of a theory is an hypothesis that can be tested for falsehood, it isn't a theory by definition. It is a hypothesis.. but presumably "string hypothesis" doesn't sound as nice.