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Quantum Gravity Will Be Just Fine Without String Theory
StartsWithABang writes: It's a difficult fact to accept: our two most fundamental theories that describe reality, General Relativity for gravitation and the Standard Model / Quantum Field Theory for the other three forces, are fundamentally incompatible with one another. When an electron moves through a double slit, for example, its gravitational field can't move through both slits, at least not without a quantum theory of gravity. String Theory is often touted as the only game in town as far as formulating a quantum theory of gravity is concerned, but in fact there are five viable options, each with different pros, cons, and approaches to the problem. Many of them, in fact, have undergone significant developments in the past 5-10 years, something String Theory cannot claim.
You're both right, Slashdot's tagline should be changed to, "News for Petulant Children" as the constant lamenting of every article shows us that no matter what they post or don't post, it's never good enough.
Medium.com is clickbait heaven, but these articles are written by an astrophysicist who taught at a university level, so I'm going to trust that he knows what he's talking about.
What makes Slashdot great are the commenters who, experts in their various fields, comment on the veracity of the article. What makes Slashdot suck are people like you two.
Oh FFS, whinge whinge bitch moan. So his blog is a bit web 2.0ish and he might make some money of clicks. Big whoop - at least his content is interesting, which is more than I can say for 90% of the crap you find on the net. At least he appears to have some understanding of physics, which is more than I can say for just about every so-called "science" journalist in existence. And at least it's a break from the "what programming language should I learn" and "our government is in the pocket of big corporations who want to destroy any remaining vestige of privacy or liberty... again, news at 11" that seems to pass as news for nerds these days.
When did /. become so overrun with whining bitches whose only pleasure in life comes from whining about every little triviality. What are you, an octogenarian without a lawn to keep clear of hooligans?