Why String Theory Still Offers Hope We Can Unify Physics By Brian Greene Evidence that the universe is made of strings has been elusive for 30 years, but the theorys mathematical insights continue to have an alluring pull... Most physicists, string theorists among them, agree that the multiverse is an option of last resort. Yet, the history of science has also convinced us to not dismiss ideas merely because they run counter to expectation. If we had, our most successful theory, quantum mechanics, which describes a reality governed by wholly peculiar waves of probability, would be buried in the trash bin of physics. As Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg has said, the universe doesn’t care about what makes theoretical physicists happy.
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