I don't see much in common between the development of string theory and the development of beta-amyloid theory besides the fact that both are theories and both

I don't see much in common between the development of string theory and the development of beta-amyloid theory besides the fact that both are theories and both are currently seen as lacking experimental support. > sucked up all of the research and funding I find this rather hard to believe in the case of string theory. (To be a string theorist, you need funding for a pencil and some paper.)