[lit-ideas] Re: string theory
- From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Lit-Ideas" <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 15:01:11 -0700
Very good article. It points out the critical failure in string theory:
"Woit's main objection to string theory, of course, is that it has not, in
Glashow's words,
"made even one teeny-tiny experimental prediction." "
A theory without testable predictions isn't a theory.
yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Stone" <pastone@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 9:18 AM
Subject: [lit-ideas] string theory
For those of you who took exception to me dissing String Theory [in August
2004], here's an interesting review of a couple of books that may just lend
an ounce of support to what I was saying back then. It's not lit or phil,
but it's a little closer to it than some of the stuff that passes for
"on-topic" in this place most of the time.
http://www.newcriterion.com/archives/25/04/m-is-for-messy/
I remain, intermittently yours
p
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