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Cumrun Vafa's 'dark dimension' torsion balance experiment does not amount to a genuine testable prediction of string theory.

Drawn from what Peter Woit said

Subjectseconomistsphysics
What these subjects mean

economists The economists themselves and the schools they founded -- Smith, Mill, Keynes, Hayek, Friedman -- rather than any one economic question.

physics Fundamental physics: unification, relativity and quantum mechanics, and whether string theory is still the candidate.

What Peter Woit actually said

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  1. Peter Woit

    Mathematician and Senior Lecturer in the Mathematics…

    This is complete nonsense, a shame that The Economist has been taken in by it.

    Where this was said

    ↗This Week’s Hypemath.columbia.edu

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