I recently watched the PBS Nova special "The Elegant Universe" and I was very intrigued by string theory and its possibilities. However, there is a chance it will never be entirely proven. Does this mean it is more of a philosophy than a science? Could it even be classified as a religion? I leave this thread open to discussion of the physics, philosophy and mathematics of string theory.

i read the book and seen the film, i believe it is more physics than philosophy because the only reason it is not tested is because we do not have the technology to do so, and even with out the tech we still try to verify string theorys claims through indirect means, i personally feel string theory is correct, it ties everything together so well, hence the name "elegant universe"

hey mate..

yeh it does make you wonder alot in regards to the universe and whats more than the universe we know. such as is our universe one brane in a series of multiverses?

have a read of this thread.. some thoughts have been inputted on about String Theory.

http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum...showtopic=29245

String theory meets all the pre-requisites of scientific methodology, and has been subjected to peer review, and has been published in a credible scientific with full dissemination of data for public perusal, so it is very much a scientific theory. Wether it is correct or not remains to be seen. It is not a philosophy or a religion for the simple reason that it neither promotes a deity or aspires to some ultimate ideal.

There also remains, of course, the possibility that it is not a Unified Field theory, but still explains more accurately the workings of universal physics, Much as Einstenian physics was more accurate that Newtonian physics.

You should go look up M-theory, it is very interesting.

istn m-theory just another name for string theory (just tying in the 5 different string theories?)