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#204 – Cumrun Vafa: String Theory

Lex Fridman Podcast

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Strength Theory

There has been growing cynicism about strength theory in the recent few years. The reason for criticism is that there has been zero experimental evidence for it, he says. But we don't have experimental evidence for string theory, but we do have theoretical evidence and this should not prevent us from thinking about it, Professor Hawking adds.

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