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On Science, pseudoscience and String theory

Popular Physics 2016-06-15 v1

Abstract

The article discusses the demarcation problem; how to distinguish between science and pseudoscience. It then examines the string theory under various demarcation criteria to conclude that string theory cannot be considered as science.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1606.04266,
  title  = {On Science, pseudoscience and String theory},
  author = {Asis Kumar Chaudhuri},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.04266},
  year   = {2016}
}

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10 pages

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