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Originally Posted by HarryT
Yes, that's exactly what String Theory is intended to be: a unified theory which can combine quantum mechanism and general relativity. Although each theory works fine in the realm of the very small and the very large, respectively, they just don't play nicely together  . GR is assuredly "wrong" in the sense that it's a classical field theory, rather than a quantum theory, but even though it's wrong, it gives the right answers in a certain domain. |
Like Newton and Maxwell.
Their theories are nominally wrong/incomplete but they reflect reality well enough that we built an entire civilization off their work. Of course, then came Rutherford... and physics has never been the same.
One problem with modern physics (and the GUTS camp more than the String gang) is they don't look far enough afield. Too much effort goes into looking at the same known things from different angles and not enough looking for what they are missing that keeps the two theories from blending.
Shakespeare comes to mind.