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[OngBonga]

And why do we even talk of "string theory" if it's not a theory?

[MadMojoMonkey]

And why do we even talk of "string theory" if it's not a theory?

Because, as I said, the goal is a search for a theory. We don't have any scientific theories about strings, yet.
We have colloquial theories - scientifically called hypotheses - about strings... but they're not theories because they either cannot be tested or have been tested and shown to be in disagreement with already gathered data.

It's not a matter of whether those people working on string theory are doing one thing or another. It's just a matter of the "jargon" usage within a specific field's context being different from the "standard" usage. It's stupendously common for just about all fields to use jargon, and the fact that you're pretending this is weird or somehow the fault of those fields or even the words themselves is neither here nor there.


Just agree on what word makes the most sense to use in this context that grants the easiest synonymous meaning to all parties.
What's so hard about that?