On functional freedom and Penrose's critiques of string theory
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| author | Krátký, Matěj Read, James |
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| contents | In his The Road to Reality as well as in his Fashion, Faith and Fantasy, Roger Penrose criticises string theory and its practitioners from a variety of angles ranging from conceptual, technical, and methodological objections to sociological observations about the string theoretic scientific community. In this article, we assess Penrose's conceptual/technical objections to string theory, focussing in particular upon those which invoke the notion of `functional freedom'. In general, we do not find these arguments to be successful. |
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| spellingShingle | On functional freedom and Penrose's critiques of string theory Krátký, Matěj Read, James History and Philosophy of Physics High Energy Physics - Theory In his The Road to Reality as well as in his Fashion, Faith and Fantasy, Roger Penrose criticises string theory and its practitioners from a variety of angles ranging from conceptual, technical, and methodological objections to sociological observations about the string theoretic scientific community. In this article, we assess Penrose's conceptual/technical objections to string theory, focussing in particular upon those which invoke the notion of `functional freedom'. In general, we do not find these arguments to be successful. |
| title | On functional freedom and Penrose's critiques of string theory |
| topic | History and Philosophy of Physics High Energy Physics - Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.21515 |