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Author's 22-Year Critique of String Theory Hype and Frustration with Unending Exaggerated Claims

The string theory hype machine will never die. This week we have Press releases from RPI and Northeastern tell us Scientists Use String Theory to Crack the Code of Natural Networks and How String T…

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headalgorithm6mo ago8 min readenOpinion

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