What Woit could never explain properly was why some of the very best theoretical physicists, who were entirely free to work on whatever they wanted, continued working on string theory for so long.
I am pretty sure that all these people simply kept thinking that string theory was the most promising way to understand quantum gravity and even (to some extent) 'just' quantum field theory.
So why do people decide to trust the opinions of Peter Woit over those of, say, Edward Witten?
I am pretty sure that all these people simply kept thinking that string theory was the most promising way to understand quantum gravity and even (to some extent) 'just' quantum field theory.
So why do people decide to trust the opinions of Peter Woit over those of, say, Edward Witten?