String Theory

Scientific bandwagons come and go. The latest is String Theory. Lately, a number of scientists (and bloggers) are claiming that since String Theory is not verifiable, it is invalid.

The problem with String Theory is not that it is invalid, but it is not testable. We haven't the technology to verify it. Since it is not verifiable at the moment, it can be called more of a philosophy than a theory. That doesn't make it false. We don't have the ability to go beyond the math and the speculation.

Einstein searched for the Theory of Everything as well as other well known scientists. The problem is that Einstein's theories of General and Special Relativity do not jive with what is well known about the subatomic world (quantum mechanics.)

Scientists like things to fit neatly so it is understandable that so many jumped on the String Theory bandwagon. Now it is popular to slam it. Scientific bandwagons are just that. It takes time to determine whether they hold up or not.