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by defrost 602 days ago
Got a source for either part of that?

* generally considered a large scale fraud,

* perpetrated by (UK's Professor Brian) cox

Most that I know would say that it was disapointingly too big and too general to make specific predictions tied to this specific universe we occupy, although it had early promise.

Brian Cox didn't even make the wikipedia page so its difficult to claim he had any major role in perpertaring it as a large scale fraud.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_theory