On: 20 Years of "Not Even Wrong"

[mcphage]

> despite having lived to see the death of string theory

Is it in fact dead?

[pixl97 → mcphage]

Mostly yes, in fact a fair number of people will tell you the killing blow was years ago. The corpse hasn't rotted away yet.

[humansareok1 → pixl97]

This would be news to every Department I know of. So dead and rotting in favor of what exactly?

[pixl97 → humansareok1]

Just because grandpa is dead doesn't mean anyone has filled his job position. Nothing useful has come from string theory in a very long time. Or are you still stuck in infinite tiny dimensions that can predict anything and everything, except something testable?

[humansareok1 → pixl97]

Oh don't misunderstand I am fully against String Theory. I just was not aware anyone considered it dead as in literally no longer controlling the Theory field. I'd challenge you to find good postdocs in High Energy Theory that aren't String related as a gauge of what the field is still focused on.