Good wrong ideas are extremely scarce... and good wrong ideas that even remotely rival the majesty of string theory have never been seen. (Edward Witten)

Good wrong ideas are extremely scarce... and good wrong ideas that even remotely rival the majesty of string theory have never been seen.

Edward Witten

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