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I think it's funny that Woit manages to this day sound exactly like he's some sort of underdog fighting the big corp despite having lived to see the death of st
by SiempreViernes 3y ago
I think it's funny that Woit manages to this day sound exactly like he's some sort of underdog fighting the big corp despite having lived to see the death of string theory.
- mcphage 3y ago> despite having lived to see the death of string theory Is it in fact dead?
- pixl97 3y agoMostly yes, in fact a fair number of people will tell you the killing blow was years ago. The corpse hasn't rotted away yet.
- humansareok1 3y agoThis would be news to every Department I know of. So dead and rotting in favor of what exactly?
- pixl97 3y agoJust because grandpa is dead doesn't mean anyone has filled his job position. Nothing useful has come from string theory in a very long time. Or are you still stuck in infinite tiny dimensions that can predict anything and everything, except something testable?
- humansareok1 3y agoOh don't misunderstand I am fully against String Theory. I just was not aware anyone considered it dead as in literally no longer controlling the Theory field. I'd challenge you to find good postdocs in High Energy Theory that aren't String related as a gauge of what the field is still focused on.