jana

Your numbers (which I don't believe in any case) notwithstanding, if we were to judge what is going on in quantum gravity or theories of everything by these sorts of statistics, the conclusion would be that string theory is the only real game in town. I'm a student at university of toronto where a course in string theory is being offered to seniors and which I'm going to be taking next year. Other universities are now following suit. This I think says alot about the place string theory has earned for itself in physics. It sounds to me like you want to believe that string theory is sick, but this simply isn't true. Is there some specific problem about string theory that backs up what appears to be your intimations about it? If so, you should say it because one can justify any point of view by playing these sorts of games with numbers. Honestly, what your posting here just seems like a load of nonsense. There's an introductory book on string theory coming out soon. Maybe you should get a copy and read it before you waste more energy on this way of thinking about string theory. Regards, Jana