Theoretical physics encompasses far more than speculative hypotheses with no experimental support (and in some cases without a way to even describe accurately a

Theoretical physics encompasses far more than speculative hypotheses with no experimental support (and in some cases without a way to even describe accurately any experiment which might lend support). A majority of theoretical physics (including some areas mistaken to be "purely theoretical") consists of work where there exists the means to experimentally support (or falsify) hypotheses right now, or at least construct experiments which could do so. They tend to be less glamorous than string theory or loop quantum gravity, though, and so they don't get as much attention.