Why not both? We need people working on moonshots in hope of a breakthrough that will leap us forward. Even if, in case of string theory, we probably both agree

Why not both? We need people working on moonshots in hope of a breakthrough that will leap us forward. Even if, in case of string theory, we probably both agree that the chance is slim at this point (but I'm not a physicist, so nobody asked my opinion and nobody should listen to it).