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Ryan<p>New <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> post</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>math</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/epistemology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epistemology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stringtheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stringtheory</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://polydactica.neocities.org/posts/2025-07-14-Locality-Contextuality-and-Epistemology" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">polydactica.neocities.org/post</span><span class="invisible">s/2025-07-14-Locality-Contextuality-and-Epistemology</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2219378/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2219378/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Minimal state-preparation times for silicon spin qubits <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ClassicalAndQuantumGravitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicalAndQuantumGravitation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Data</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/general" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>general</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/QuantumChemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumChemistry</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/QuantumComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumComputing</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/QuantumFieldTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumFieldTheories</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/QuantumInformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumInformation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/QuantumInformationTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumInformationTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/QuantumMechanics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumMechanics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/QuantumPhysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumPhysics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/QuantumSimulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumSimulation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Qubits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Qubits</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RelativityTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RelativityTheory</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Spintronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spintronics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/StringTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StringTheory</span></a></p>
分 Bifurkatus<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ruthpozuelo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ruthpozuelo</span></a></span> <a href="https://dresden.network/tags/stringtheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stringtheory</span></a></p>
分 Bifurkatus<p>1995: M-Theory<br>1997: Matrix string theory<br>1999: The Matrix (development began 1994)</p><p><a href="https://dresden.network/tags/stringtheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stringtheory</span></a> <a href="https://dresden.network/tags/mtheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mtheory</span></a> <a href="https://dresden.network/tags/thematrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thematrix</span></a> <a href="https://dresden.network/tags/matrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>matrix</span></a></p>
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Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1804498/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1804498/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Gate modulation of the hole singlet-triplet qubit frequency in germanium <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ClassicalAndQuantumGravitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicalAndQuantumGravitation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Data</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ElectricalAndElectronicEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectricalAndElectronicEngineering</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/general" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>general</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/QuantumComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumComputing</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/QuantumFieldTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumFieldTheories</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/QuantumInformationTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumInformationTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/QuantumPhysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumPhysics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Qubits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Qubits</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RelativityTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RelativityTheory</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Spintronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spintronics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/StringTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StringTheory</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1776526/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1776526/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Noise-agnostic quantum error mitigation with data augmented neural models <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ClassicalAndQuantumGravitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicalAndQuantumGravitation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/COMPUTERSCIENCE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COMPUTERSCIENCE</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Data</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/general" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>general</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/QuantumComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumComputing</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/QuantumFieldTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumFieldTheories</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/QuantumInformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumInformation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/QuantumInformationTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumInformationTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/QuantumPhysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumPhysics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RelativityTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RelativityTheory</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Spintronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spintronics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/StringTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StringTheory</span></a></p>
MPI for Gravitational Physics<p>📣 PhD student position 📣</p><p>Join our institute in Potsdam, Germany! We offer an ERC-funded PhD student positions at the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://astrodon.social/@mpi_grav" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mpi_grav</span></a></span> in Potsdam.</p><p>We are particularly interested in hiring creative, proactive and motivated candidates who flourish at working in a vibrant, interdisciplinary and synergistic group. Successful candidates will join the research group “Symmetries in Gravity and Amplitudes” with the Quantum Gravity and Unified Theories division.</p><p>The PhD research will focus on mathematical structures of scattering amplitudes, more specifically amplitudes associated with Riemann surfaces as they appear in string theory.</p><p>The successful applicant will conduct their research projects at the AEI in Potsdam, and they will have to enrol and receive their PhD degree from the Humboldt University in Berlin. The expected duration of the PhD is three to four years. Applicants are required to have a Master degree by the start of the PhD program.</p><p>ℹ️ <a href="https://www.aei.mpg.de/1201947/phd-mascamp-2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aei.mpg.de/1201947/phd-mascamp</span><span class="invisible">-2025</span></a><br>📅 Deadline for full consideration: 15 January 2025</p><p><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/PhDPosition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhDPosition</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/PhDLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhDLife</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Job" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Job</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicChatter</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/StringTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StringTheory</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mathematics</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/ERC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ERC</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/SynergyGrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SynergyGrant</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Potsdam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Potsdam</span></a></p>
MPI for Gravitational Physics<p>📣 PhD student position 📣</p><p>Join our institute in Potsdam, Germany! We offer an ERC-funded PhD student positions at the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://astrodon.social/@mpi_grav" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mpi_grav</span></a></span> in Potsdam.</p><p>We are particularly interested in hiring creative, proactive and motivated candidates who flourish at working in a vibrant, interdisciplinary and synergistic group. Successful candidates will join the research group “Symmetries in Gravity and Amplitudes” with the Quantum Gravity and Unified Theories division.</p><p>The PhD research will focus on mathematical structures of scattering amplitudes, more specifically amplitudes associated with Riemann surfaces as they appear in string theory.</p><p>The successful applicant will conduct their research projects at the AEI in Potsdam, and they will have to enrol and receive their PhD degree from the Humboldt University in Berlin. The expected duration of the PhD is three to four years. Applicants are required to have a Master degree by the start of the PhD program.</p><p>ℹ️ <a href="https://www.aei.mpg.de/1201947/phd-mascamp-2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aei.mpg.de/1201947/phd-mascamp</span><span class="invisible">-2025</span></a><br>📅 Deadline for full consideration: 15 January 2025</p><p><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/PhDPosition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhDPosition</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/PhDLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhDLife</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Job" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Job</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicChatter</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/StringTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StringTheory</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mathematics</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/ERC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ERC</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/SynergyGrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SynergyGrant</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Potsdam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Potsdam</span></a></p>
SETI Institute<p>String theory promised to unite quantum physics and gravity. Many were giddy about the suggestion that tiny vibrating strings might make up the universe. What happened to this idea? It’s Skeptic Check: “String Theory” on Big Picture Science.</p><p>Listen here: <a href="https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/skeptic-check-string-theory" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bigpicturescience.org/episodes</span><span class="invisible">/skeptic-check-string-theory</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scicomm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stringtheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stringtheory</span></a></p>
Preston MacDougall<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://photog.social/@Mopsi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Mopsi</span></a></span> Good question! But they have also awarded a <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/NobelPrize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NobelPrize</span></a> for <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/StringTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StringTheory</span></a> which is <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mathematics</span></a> and ‘not even <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a>.’ 🤷🏻‍♂️</p>
Jason H. Moore, Ph.D.<p>Will string theory follow this well-trodden path from mathematics to reality? No one can say. But its mathematical advances so far are extraordinary. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/09/16/string-theory-einstein-universal-physics/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/opinions/20</span><span class="invisible">24/09/16/string-theory-einstein-universal-physics/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/stringtheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stringtheory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mathematics</span></a></p>
Harald<p>"Since no one knows what “M-theory” is, its beauty is that of Pauli’s painting."🤣 </p><p>If you have a faint idea what this might refers to, you may like to read Woit's newest blog entry.</p><p><a href="https://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=14092" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpr</span><span class="invisible">ess/?p=14092</span></a><br><a href="https://nrw.social/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/stringtheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stringtheory</span></a> <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/notevenwrong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>notevenwrong</span></a></p>
Giulio<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@BartoszMilewski" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BartoszMilewski</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@madnight" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>madnight</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@johncarlosbaez" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>johncarlosbaez</span></a></span> </p><p>Thanks for sharing!</p><p>P.S.</p><p>A few people eventually moved from <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>twitter</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a>.Suddenly, the old <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/buzzwords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buzzwords</span></a> (*) of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/stringtheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stringtheory</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/categorytheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>categorytheory</span></a> pop up in the new, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a>.</p><p>(*) The above link is an example of a "history" of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> that mentions <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CarloRovelli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarloRovelli</span></a> but not <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EnricoFermi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnricoFermi</span></a>.</p>
jan'The original promise was to describe the physics of this universe, unify all forces of nature... This has not happened. And now we hear this actually is not such a big deal. ... Imagine Moses after 40 years of wandering in the desert, you would say,...this idea of a promised land is not such a big thing. Look how much we've learned about the desert. We've learned so much about the sand. Who cares about the promised land? What do you think people would say to him? And yet here we are." --Edward Frenkel <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/physics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#physics</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/stringtheory" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stringtheory</a>
jan"I was recently invited to a string theory conference. And it was a very interesting experience for me... I saw that it’s not a very healthy kind of situation. ... The fact...is that the original promise of string theory, which was to describe this universe ... has not worked out. And nobody knows how, in principle, it could work. ... Yet, this is not acknowledged. And how can you move forward ... if you're not acknowledging that your original program failed?" <a href="https://youtu.be/n_oPMcvHbAc?t=9716" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/n_oPMcvHbAc?t=9716</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/edwardfrenkel" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#edwardfrenkel</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/physics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#physics</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/stringtheory" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stringtheory</a>
jan…I have worked on…string theory… …I wrote eighteen papers in the subject… I will speak of conjectures that were widely believed to be true, in spite of never having been proved. …I was among the believers…<br>—Lee Smolin, The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/book" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#book</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/physics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#physics</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/stringtheory" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stringtheory</a>
jan…I am extremely concerned about a trend in which only one direction of research is well supported while other promising approaches are starved.<br>—Lee Smolin, The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/physics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#physics</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/stringtheory" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stringtheory</a>
jan…it took me a long time to decide to write this book. I personally dislike conflict and confrontation. … I kept hoping someone in the center of string-theory research would write an objective and detailed critique of exactly what has and has not been achieved by the theory. That hasn’t happened.<br>—Lee Smolin, The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/stringtheory" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stringtheory</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/physics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#physics</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/book" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#book</a>
janBecause string theory is such a high-risk venture—unsupported by experiment, though very generously supported by the academic and scientific communities—there are only two ways the story can end. If string theory turns out to be right, string theorists will turn out to be the greatest heroes in the history of science. … On the other hand, if string theorists are wrong, they can’t be just a little wrong. … Theirs will be a cautionary tale of how not to do science…<br>—Lee Smolin, The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/physics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#physics</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/stringtheory" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stringtheory</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/science" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a>