When you’re talking about a theory as insanely vague as string theory, this isn’t exactly an independent problem—it’s just something that comes along with it being insanely vague. Not that that isn’t a problem, but accusing them of moving the goalposts doesn’t fit.
Their goalposts were already spread all over the field. We’ve just discovered that many of them weren’t the set that the ref is watching… if any are.
When you’re talking about a theory as insanely vague as string theory, this isn’t exactly an independent problem—it’s just something that comes along with it being insanely vague. Not that that isn’t a problem, but accusing them of moving the goalposts doesn’t fit.
Their goalposts were already spread all over the field. We’ve just discovered that many of them weren’t the set that the ref is watching… if any are.