Ali Caglayan on Nostr: nprofile1q…ufa4k I think another thing that ought to be mentioned is the brain ...

nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqknzsux7p6lzwzdedp3m8c3c92z0swzc0xyy5glvse58txj5e9ztqaufa4k (nprofile…fa4k) I think another thing that ought to be mentioned is the brain drain that string theory has created in physics from the 80s onwards. This is of course all opinion, but a common saying I've heard is that big developments follow from funerals. There are some who believe that effort in physics is being misdirected at dead ends due to structural flaws in how academia works. I like mathematics and I do think string theory introduces interesting ideas, but it is not the kind of physics that was being practiced 70 years ago.