Well, string theory is, I believe, effectively unfalsifiable, so yeah, it basically is just making shit up.
True. They just do go on about how beautiful the math is. It goes something like "....so, eleven dimensions, then? Did you pick out of a hat?" "Oh no no, you don't understand, of course it is eleven, the math is perfect." Not like I don't believe them, I'd just like to experience firsthand the sort of math that would convince you of that. Just don't have mumblety years to spend on it. Or the brain shaped right for it, quite possibly.
I will sticky note your SO's books for the next time I'm in a pop physics mood. And perhaps unplug my headphones so the Doodledog can expand her education some more. She's shockingly unidiscipline -- a dog with a J.D. and not a jot of science in her fuzzy head.
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Date: 2012-08-02 02:09 am (UTC)True. They just do go on about how beautiful the math is. It goes something like "....so, eleven dimensions, then? Did you pick out of a hat?" "Oh no no, you don't understand, of course it is eleven, the math is perfect." Not like I don't believe them, I'd just like to experience firsthand the sort of math that would convince you of that. Just don't have mumblety years to spend on it. Or the brain shaped right for it, quite possibly.
I will sticky note your SO's books for the next time I'm in a pop physics mood. And perhaps unplug my headphones so the Doodledog can expand her education some more. She's shockingly unidiscipline -- a dog with a J.D. and not a jot of science in her fuzzy head.