From Denyse O’Leary at Evolution News & Views: String theory, which took root in the 1970s, proposes that “all objects in our universe are composed of vibrating filaments (strings) and membranes (branes) of energy.” That’s the ultimate Cool. It unites general relativity (the physics of the very big) with quantum mechanics (the physics of the very small) in one grand unified Theory of Everything, turning current conflicts into harmony.
But string theory offers more. It can undergird the concept of a multiverse: There are more universes than particles in our known universe.
Which mean that the theory must be true or we must act as if it is true irrespective of evidence—or at least people must be made to believe that it is true, to meet needed goals for science. In post-modern cosmology, all these states are roughly equivalent.
One solution might be to start a popular science buzz around the idea that there really is no scientific method after all. That would go down well now that post-modernism is stalking science. More.
See also:
How naturalism rots science from the head down
The Big Bang: Put simply,the facts are wrong.
What becomes of science when the evidence does not matter?
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Cosmology is naturalism’s playground. But does the fun mask a science decline?