1 + 2 + 3 + ... = -1/12

[pier4r]

(10-02-2018 05:52 PM)Maximilian Hohmann Wrote:  - String theory is just a paper excercise juggling with equations that has zero connection to reality.

I often find such statements self disqualifying.

They sound like "I don't understand it, and I belittle it and all the people that work in the field".

As an analogy one can say the same of whatever discipline, for example engineering "what do engineers do? They take formulae from math and physics, actually never producing anything new themselves, they plug two numbers and they get the result. Whoever person with a calculator can do the same".
Self disqualifying, that's it.