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by simiones 1117 days ago
That's my point: what experiments could be performed have been performed, and have failed.

Also, it is a massive weakness of the theory that it can be used to predict such varied values. This is a big part of why it is not exactly a scientific theory: it is not really falsifiable, since you can tweak it to predict any value you want. If we had the kind of particle accelerators needed to test high-energy supersymmetry, and if it failed again, it could be adjusted to predict higher-energy supersymmetry, and since the number line extends towards infinity, this would never stop.

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I think you are correct, ST is closer to mathematical abstraction than an actual physical theory. I think that makes it more useful than less useful though.
Wouldn't that mean it is just more useful in mathematical reality but less useful in physical reality?
Can't you disprove string theory by disproving quantum physics?