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 Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey
Another problem is that in order to be included in the Standard Model, a string theory would have to make a prediction that is not made by a preexisting portion of the Standard Model. It has to provide "new" or "unique" insight into the nature of the universe to be added to the current explanation.
No string theory has yet predicted anything that is not predicted already and which is also observable.
This is mainly the area I'm looking for clarification on. If string theory doesn't predict anything that isn't also predicted by the standard model, then how is it distinguishable from the standard model? If not, doesn't this make string theory the god of the gaps, where it kinda just makes stuff up about what can't be known?
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