Quote Originally Posted by OngBonga View Post
To understand gravity is to understand that it's a purely geometric theory. Wrapping your head around the distortion isn't easy, and the distinction between space and time isn't clear for different observers, so it's still an absolute beast and when I say "understand" I mean at the most basic level. But that's still more than the other forces.

I'm of the opinion that the other forces are also geometric in nature and can be described as straight-line constant motion though insanely curved spatial dimensions. This is why I like string theory sorry hypothesis, because it brings into importance these other dimensions. But I'm not bound by rigorous science so maybe that's why I'm happy to indulge in it.
No major notes from me, here.

You're in good company with wanting string hypotheses to be a good description of reality. Some very clever people who've done amazingly smart things agree with you.

And I, to an extent, want that, too. I'm just not pretending that the failed attempts we've assembled thus far as the whole of humanity are "good." They are only "good" to the extent that they are forced to be good. Once you step outside the forcing, they're all bad. I.e. they can only explain what they are specifically manufactured to explain. They make no "extra" predictions that bear out to experimentation. This is not the hallmark of good science. It doesn't mean that any of the string hypotheses are wrong, but it means they're not useful.

The hallmark of good science is like... look at GR. Einstein wanted to explain 1 thing, but then his explanation made a host of wild predictions. When we look to confirm or refute those predictions, we find them readily (not easily) confirmed. This is what I'm holding my breath for with string hypotheses. They can explain known things, but also predict unknown things... and those unknown things can be experimented on and confirmed or refuted. I need a prediction that is not made by preexisting physics that is confirmed experimentally before I put any string hypotheses on any pedestals.