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sampo ◴[] No.41877738[source]
> Theoretical physics is highly mathematical, but it aims to explain and predict the real world. Theories that fail at this “explain/predict” task would ultimately be discarded.

Still waiting for theoretical physics to discard string theory, as it fails in predicting anything.

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1. layer8 ◴[] No.41884672[source]
I recommend taking a listen to these podcast episodes to get an understanding of why string theory won’t be discarded anytime soon:

https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2018/10/15/epis...

https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2019/01/28/epis...