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3847728 No.3847728 [Reply] [Original]

What's the deal with string theory?
Why does /sci/ hate it so much?
Are you faggots just jelly cause you don't understand it?

>> No.3847736

theory implies that there is some experimental evidence backing it.

String theory is a theory in the same sense as film theory.

>> No.3847748

/sci/ is mostly undergrads. They don't have a concept of research. They rate fields of inquiry based on how much is known about it right now. Since pretty much zilch is known experimentally about quantum gravity, studying the subject is shit in their minds.

>> No.3847753

>>3847748
good explanation for why /sci/ hates creation science

>> No.3847761

If you use String Theory as a proper noun then I have no problem.
I have a problem when people do not add the hypothesis qualifier.

>> No.3847778

>>3847761
Changing the name of a hypothesis or theory based on how much evidence there is for it is a terrible idea; you wouldn't be able to even mention it without taking a position on it.

>> No.3847836

Not saying it was aliens, but it was aliens

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>>3847836

It was ancient humans.

>> No.3847859

>>3847778
When used in the context of science the words theory, law, and hypothesis have meaning. Using the word theory to describe a hypothesis is disingenuous.

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3847868

>tiny vibrating strings that make up everything

>aliens

>> No.3847900

>>3847728


Probably because it's a mathematical framework and lacks experimental evidence at this present moment in time.

>> No.3847907

>>3847868
>tiny vibrating aliens
>www.aliendildos.com

>> No.3847921

String theory is still being pursued

Aliens...

>> No.3847927

Because there is no experimental evidence, nor is there any conceivable way of experimentation in the near future with current technology.

>> No.3847956

hey sci x/ here got some news for you aliens proove string theory. eat fat cocks and walk the line we vibing bro

>> No.3847974

GUISE! HEY GUISE! GUISE!.... GUISE YO! SHUT UP, YO GUisE! WHAT IF, JUST THINK FOR A SECOND, WHAT IF... INFINITE UNIVERSE AND STRINGS?

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>>3847907

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>>3847907
>mfw I saved it as bookmark

>> No.3847995

did the whole string idea not come from someone took a literal interpretation of a gravity analogy?

>> No.3849260

>>3847859
Sure they have meaning, just not the meaning you think they have. A theory differs from a hypothesis or law by its breadth of applicability, not its degree of confirmation. A law need not have any confirmation at all; it just means a mathematical relationship.