[I got this question in reply to my last week�s book review of Why String Theory? by Joseph Conlon.]
Dear Marco:
Because we might be wasting time and money and, ultimately, risk that progress stalls entirely.
In contrast to many of my colleagues I do not think that trying to find a quantum theory of gravity is an endeavor purely for the sake of knowledge. Instead, it seems likely to me that
Monday, 6 June 2016
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