191. Michael Gordin on the Fringe of Where Science Meets Pseudoscience
The Michael Shermer Show
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String Theory Is Not Pseudo Science
String theory is an interesting example of this kind of a part of the reson i use the language fringe. It has to have an edge, which is a little riskier, or no new ideas are ever going to happen. At the same time, that edge has a lot of weird stuff at it that you don't want to let into the main stream. People who are looking for non conventional propulsion mechanisms for long distance space travel, you have to take some really weird ideas seriously if you want to make progress there. But they're pretty weird, and so you're going to waste a lot of time, but it might be worth it in the long run.
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