This is also true of things like the Alcubierre drive, but further work has given us possible paths to rule that in or out nowadays.
The complaint always reads like a "why don't science succeed fast enough" and comes across as incredibly entitled.
When someone comes up with something falsifiable, I’ll change my mind.
I’m pretty sure though that when they do, it won’t be with what we currently call string theory, even if it is using the same name.
And I’m not saying ‘whatever you do, don’t allow anyone to work on it!’. Far from it.
But if my kids wanted to get into it, I’d try to talk them out of it.
This is also true of things like the Alcubierre drive, but further work has given us possible paths to rule that in or out nowadays.
The complaint always reads like a "why don't science succeed fast enough" and comes across as incredibly entitled.