> The majority of us mere mortals rely on the popular media (newspapers, radio, TV) for
> news and information from the world of science and medicine.
> Time and again new theories are reported by the popular media as matters of fact.

I agree that this is a big problem. In addition, the way that theories (any theory!) have a tendency to over-extend themselves into a lot more than what they were initially suppose to cover!

The worse one is the Theory Of Everything (TOE) and probably the main reason why string and M (Matrix) Theory has now become so controversial!

Trying to describe everything with one theory is mind boggling to say the least...

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