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<blockquote data-quote="freyar" data-source="post: 6854010" data-attributes="member: 40227"><p>Oh, of course. I don't listen to naysayers either. But I will just say again that the development of quantum mechanics is a very different situation than what I mentioned above. And it's ok to have difficulties in the development of a theory. However, there is always a need for scientists to make educated guesses at what will be productive areas of research. My guess is that it is less productive to study theories that are just made up from whole cloth and then struggling to show that they are not nonsensical. Of course there's a spectrum, and it's worth trying things, but I am not the only physicist that questions, for example, why certain papers get press releases and others don't.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No, I don't think so, and I don't think you'll find me saying here that people shouldn't have investigated various models, either, but rather that I personally feel certain directions are perhaps over-represented. It seems like you're saying the same thing about string theory just in this paragraph --- maybe it would be good to have smart people looking at other avenues. I've noticed that the EN World community (at least in this Misc Forum) is fairly curious about science, so I try to offer my professional opinion for those interested in what someone who reads a lot of papers and follows what's going on in this branch of physics on a daily basis thinks. I'm also not casting aspersions on Morris and Thorne. I suspect they didn't realize the kind of interest they would generate, either, since AFAICT their initial article was in a publication that is mostly for the professional development of physics teachers, not a normal research journal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="freyar, post: 6854010, member: 40227"] Oh, of course. I don't listen to naysayers either. But I will just say again that the development of quantum mechanics is a very different situation than what I mentioned above. And it's ok to have difficulties in the development of a theory. However, there is always a need for scientists to make educated guesses at what will be productive areas of research. My guess is that it is less productive to study theories that are just made up from whole cloth and then struggling to show that they are not nonsensical. Of course there's a spectrum, and it's worth trying things, but I am not the only physicist that questions, for example, why certain papers get press releases and others don't. No, I don't think so, and I don't think you'll find me saying here that people shouldn't have investigated various models, either, but rather that I personally feel certain directions are perhaps over-represented. It seems like you're saying the same thing about string theory just in this paragraph --- maybe it would be good to have smart people looking at other avenues. I've noticed that the EN World community (at least in this Misc Forum) is fairly curious about science, so I try to offer my professional opinion for those interested in what someone who reads a lot of papers and follows what's going on in this branch of physics on a daily basis thinks. I'm also not casting aspersions on Morris and Thorne. I suspect they didn't realize the kind of interest they would generate, either, since AFAICT their initial article was in a publication that is mostly for the professional development of physics teachers, not a normal research journal. [/QUOTE]
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