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String theory is not dead
- nradov 2y agoLike Schrödinger's cat it is simultaneously dead and not dead.
- washadjeffmad 2y agoUnobservable, just like string theory.
- johncarlosbaez 2y agoNever a good sign for a physics theory when the headline says it's "not dead".
- r721 2y agoPeter Woit agrees: >By the way, if somebody is hiring journalists to write propaganda pieces entitled “Field X is not dead”, you can be sure that field X truly is dead. https://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=14260 https://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=14260
- metalman 2y agoif a theory was in fact a zombie idea wouldn't its lurching screams be much like the headline? all it needs to lurch on is more ,BRAINS!, give BRAINS! NOW!