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Has string theory ever led to important testable predictions? I’m very out of the loop on theoretical physics.

• nick238 3y ago
  Collier has a video on the history of string theory as a narrative and how it kinda tainted the public perception of high energy/particle physics: "String theory lied to us and now science communication is hard" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kya_LXa_y1E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kya_LXa_y1E
• DemocracyFTW2 3y ago
  Microsoft Copilot seems to agree with me that the answer is No, it has not
  • klyrs 3y ago
    For whatever it's worth, my cousin's baby agrees with your copilot; my pinky toenail is refusing to answer. That's a pretty good signal, 2/3 non-experts can't be wrong. Edit: my apologies, the baby changed their answer when they realized the question wasn't an offer of string cheese. Results are inconclusive.
• defrost 3y ago
  There was a big HN thread 19 hours ago on "20 years of Not Even Wrong* that's worth a gander: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39753115 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39753115
• bdjsiqoocwk 3y ago
  String theory predicts special relativity.