String theory is not even scientific, because it is not [[falsifiable]]: string theory can be utterly false and yet there is no test that would illustrate its falsity. It must be possible to define an experiment which could contradict the theory for it to qualify as science. String theory proponent Michio Kaku replies to this glaring defect by stating that string theory may be "too robust" because it is not falsifiable, an obvious non sequitur. | String theory is not even scientific, because it is not [[falsifiable]]: string theory can be utterly false and yet there is no test that would illustrate its falsity. It must be possible to define an experiment which could contradict the theory for it to qualify as science. String theory proponent Michio Kaku replies to this glaring defect by stating that string theory may be "too robust" because it is not falsifiable, an obvious non sequitur. |