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rob05c · 3322 days ago · link · · parent · post: Mathematicians Chase Moonshine’s Shadow: Researchers are on the trail of a mysterious connection between number theory, algebra and string theory.
The discovery of clever links to mathematics doesn't lend credence to string theory. It only suggests that it's mathematically sound. Countless non-Euclidian geometries are mathematically sound; but the universe isn't non-Euclidian. Certainly interesting, though, and invaluable if we ever do verify string theory via experimentation. You know, if string theory ever provides a testable prediction.