My belief is based on the fact that string theory is the first science in hundreds of years to be pursued in pre-Baconian fashion, without any adequate experimental guidance.

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God (or Not), Physics and, of Course, Love: Scientists Take a Leap| url=nytimes.com | accessdate=2006-08-22 | Anderson was describing his dislike for "string theory".

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