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So what will you do if string theory is wrong?

American Journal of Physics: String theorist Moataz H. Emam briefly discusses the accomplishments of string theory that would survive a complete falsification of the theory as a model of nature; and argues that such an event suggests that string theory should become its own discipline, independent of both physics and mathematics.

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