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Originally Posted by 5589 I think a 'points' system would work better than a single vote per person. Everyone starts with 10 points to spread among to those theories they think are worthy. That way, you can vote on more than 1 theory and give more votes to the one you prefer most. My Toe is bigger than yours! In fact I have two big toes!

Many have two big toes hanging from their lips.

This selection method would still result in a popular vote and thus opinion (religion) would win over facts (science). Leave the morals and ethics to the religions and the TOE to the sciences.

Originally Posted by dipayankar I agree here. String theory has no applications. Neither can it be proved nor can it solve anything. Why are we then taking a mirage so seriously???

The majority of scientists don’t support it as Dr. Greene’s hype would have us believe. It is popular to the general public who have been lead to believe that scientist do support it. Goes to show what the power of advertising can do. I think Dr. Greene wants to be the JC of science.