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Originally Posted by MikeB1972
I agree, but again, String Theory???
Surely it should still be at the String Hypothesis stage as there does seem to be a lack of experimental evidence.
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If a scientist says "I work in string theory" he means he is working on trying to develop a complete, consistent theoretical model based on the underlying hypootheses and predictions from other more developed theories. Eg,", general relativity predicts x an y, which has been experimentally proven. String theory would be consistent with x and y so let see if we can develop a sound theory we can test to prove it."
GR started the same way. It's still being tested (as you may have seen mentioned in the news recently.)