Edward Witten on the criticism of String Theory #shorts

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Edward Witten is an American mathematical and theoretical physicist. He is a Professor Emeritus in the School of Natural Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Witten is a researcher in string theory, quantum gravity, supersymmetric quantum field theories, and other areas of mathematical physics.

[nordicgardener]

”You don't need to worry about progressing slowly. You need to worry about climbing the wrong mountain.” — James Clear

[roberthofmann]

So it shall be Witten
So it shall be done

[creativesource]

As a surgeon who reads a lot of physics books and has an undergrad ability in maths I can confidently say I am not qualified to make any comment on if his version of String theory is bad or good or phenominal as I know relatively nothing. I also read a lot of comments by people who feel they can comment meaningfully. This guy is a modest true genius and is many leagues above 99.9%, of the planet.

[dasmith]

String Theory's greatest burden is the plethora of grandiose promises announced 20 years ago that remain unfulfilled.

[proxyfeint]

Im amazed at the amount of people in the comments that have absolutely no idea how modern research works nor the amount of time and effort it takes to resolve problems in such research.

[kuribojim]

I think this is the best answer I’ve seen about why there’s still some value in pursuing string theory.

[STohme]

Edward Witten is one the most brillant minds in our first half of the 21th century. Deep respect and admiration.

[proghostbusters]

I find it very funny how most string thwory criticism comes from people that have no reak knowledge of physica whatsoever and are strangers to the field. Most people working on quantum gravity are aware of string theory's strengths and shortcomings and can see its utility.

[richardpatureau]

That was right on the tip of my tongue.

[emperorxenu]

Crazy how the string theorists went from "this is like Einstein" to "I never said this was TRUE" in roughly the same amount of time it took the public they're speaking to to find out that string theory is a bunch of flimflam

[mjmopperman]

"...imagine..." signifies fiction for me.

[PeoplesScience]

Sabine Hossenfelder is a great communicator and Physicist but quite frankly, I think the younger generation of physicists who are up and coming really couldn’t give a shit about String Wars or the supposed irrelevance of String theory. I think it’s a great mathematical exploration, an homage to what physics could become and really shouldn’t be taken as “a waste of time” or “climbing the wrong mountain” because in the end who gives a shit? We do this because we LOVE it. Whether we are right or wrong doesn’t matter so long as we FEEL like what we are doing contributes somewhat to a greater oneness with fundamental Physics.
I think the older generation of fuddy duddys just didn’t appreciate the amount of money that was going into ST research and having to accommodate their own research to fit ST agendas.
Do I buy ST? No not really. It is flawed in it’s inability to reconcile with experimental values, but do I care? HELL NO!! It’s one of the most rigorous, mathematically intelligent, inspirational theories and created some of the best philosophical discourse in Physics since the birth of Quantum Mechanics!!

[primeobjective]

Theories can be tested. String "theory" isn't even a theory because it can't be tested.

[fakename]

I honestly feel like where we are with string theory is where Aristotle was with his "atoms".

Currently it can explain certain pieces very nicely, but without experiment to refine it we won't get anywhere closer anytime soon.

[MW-iinb]

How do you know that string theory is real? can any of it be proven without making assumptions?

[advaitrahasya]

Those mathematical models work just fine together, and strings are an elegant mathematical conjecture.

The weirdness and apparent incompatibility are due to the paradigm of time-centered atomism.

Escaping that simplifies the picture and facilitates understanding of mechanism, just as escaping Geocentricism enabled understanding of the motions of planets.

[AutistOG]

What i cannot understand is how does such a brilliant man with a superior brain and transcended mind went along with this "string theory" for so long, for 40 years these brilliant minds worked on it and many realized sonner or later that it can't be put in practice...this should be at least the only "job"on earth where we think about future generations, we cant go 100% until we tested that shit 1 mil times

[warutchetjeangthanaratana]

How String Theory explain about "Charge" of the particles like electron, quark ?

[charlieb]

Out of every mathematician and physicist I’ve ever seen in interviews and lectures I can’t remember anybody who says less while talking at least when it comes to string theory. I don’t know if it’s pretense, some sort of autism spectrum issue or literally having nothing to say but it feels weird when he is a professor and brushes over conceptualizing anything. Maybe it’s a style that I’m not used to but I’d think elucidating the concepts would be a better use of his time given his status in the realm of string theory.

[Minus__form_symmetry]

People in the comment section who are ridiculing him, I highly doubt they ever read any proper String theory papers.