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I disagree that that is a fair criticism, that a person shouldn’t criticize the state of “physics” as a professional practice if they don’t have better solutions.

I read Lee Smolin’s “The Trouble With Physics,” covering similar terrain, and his book was not presented as a work of science: it was rather a book about the sociology of science, and how the structures in place controlling the resources for research were going astray, by continuing to support, professionally, work in areas that were not proving fruitful, and limiting resources that might go towards finding new solutions.

Lost In Math sounds very interesting, as the author has decided to speak with leading researchers about their work, at a time when the validity of that work is being questioned.

That’s a worthy topic.