I was originally pursuing a career in theoretical physics. My master thesis was going to be a literature study on string theory.
The more I read, the more I went “what the heck, this theory can’t possibly be true, it’s so ad hoc with rules made up just to make it pass tests that otherwise would prove it conclusively wrong”
It made me disillusioned and I eventually ended up working as a developer instead.
I guess my instincts were right, because there has been extremely little real progress the last 25(!) years in the field…..
The more I read, the more I went “what the heck, this theory can’t possibly be true, it’s so ad hoc with rules made up just to make it pass tests that otherwise would prove it conclusively wrong”
It made me disillusioned and I eventually ended up working as a developer instead.
I guess my instincts were right, because there has been extremely little real progress the last 25(!) years in the field…..