A version of string theory underlies the gold standard of physics, which is the standard model of particle physics. We look out at the world, we make measurements, we tune our theory in order that it can explain those measurements. And then we go further to make new predictions that are about things that we haven't yet measured. Maybe string theory should be viewed as one of a large collection of descriptions of worlds.

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