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I Can Assure You That No String Theorist Would Be Interested In Working On String Theory If It Were Somehow Permanently Beyond Testability. That Would No Longer Be Doing Science.

Science Is The Greatest Of All Adventure Stories, One That's Been Unfolding For Thousands Of Years As We Have Sought To Understand Ourselves And Our Surroundings.

According To Inflation, The More Than 100 Billion Galaxies, Sparkling Throughout Space Like Heavenly Diamonds, Are Nothing But Quantum Mechanics Writ Large Across The Sky. To Me, This Realization Is One Of The Greatest Wonders Of The Modern Scientific Age.

Science Is Very Good At Answering The 'how' Questions. 'how Did The Universe Evolve To The Form That We See?' But It Is Woefully Inadequate In Addressing The 'why' Questions. 'why Is There A Universe At All?' These Are The Meaning Questions, Which Many People Think Religion Is Particularly Good At Dealing With.

A Watch Worn By A Particle Of Light Would Not Tick At All. Light Realizes The Dreams Of Ponce De Leon And The Cosmetics Industry: It Doesn't Age.