Sheldon Cooper is not amused.
DANG!!!! Beat me to it.
He gave up on String Theory and is now working on Dark Matter.
Apparently he chose wisely.
Less flippantly, IMO the Standard Theory just doesn’t explain what the universe is like at the largest and especially the smallest scales. If ST doesn’t explain it, then we’ll have to look elsewhere.
I find it interesting that the author didn’t seem to feel a need to comment on how many physicists support String Theory. If this is settled science, why are these deniers still poking around? /s
#2 Now I know why Sheldon is switching to another field. He realizes that the kid from North Korean who defected was right all along.