String theory has never made a prediction that has come true and gets disproven each time we build a bigger particle accelerator and discover new particles. Like the theory can't even explain basic observations about particle physics and the universe. The String theorists just keep telling everyone that it will work out bro, trust us, give us more funding.

Like the only reason it hasen't been abandoned yet and is still weirdly popular is becuase of the perverse incentives in academics where it pays more to pursue this kind of groundbreaking nonsense than trying to advance the frontier of the established and boring Standard Model. And it's easy to be groundbreaking when you are just making shit up. Just think of the millions in research funding these charlatans have scammed from us. They have played us for absolute fools.

We need to round up all the String theorists and parade them through the streets with dunce caps, Cultural Revolution style. We need to do 70 hour struggle sessions against them until they pass out from exhaustion.

"Particles are actually tiny strings that wiggle" "There are 11 dimensions but you don't notice the extra ones cause their are too small" - Statements dreamed up by the utterly deranged.

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    Professor: "I don't have anything prepared because I spent the summer drinking rum and getting divorced. What would you like to accomplish in this class? Write down your ideas on these cards, and stick them somewhere on the corkboard using these push pins."
    Grad student #1: [Writes 'revolutionize particle physics']
    Grad student #2: [Writes 'create a model of spacetime that has enough dimensions that octonions become useful']
    Grad student #3: [Writes 'secure research funding; details to follow']
    Professor: "Great. Now, we just need to work out a way to connect them."
    Grad student #4: "Duhhhh.....String?"
    Professor: "Excuse me?"
    Grad student #4: "Yeah. Get a ball of string, and run it from one push pin to the next. That's what I would do if I was in charge."
    Grad student #1: "..."
    Grad student #2: "..."
    Grad student #3: "DUUUUDE."
    Professor: "That's not what I meant."
    Grad student #3: "YES IT FUCKING IS."