It’s a consensus in the field that a new revolutionary idea is needed
I disagree, I think the consensus in the field is that the fundamental laws of physics are very likely some version of string theory or something closely related to it. It’s not a unanimous consensus, but it is probably the majority position among academic theoretical physicists, even among academic theoretical physicists who are not specifically string theorists themselves. (I haven’t looked for surveys, I’m just guessing from personal experience.)
I disagree, I think the consensus in the field is that the fundamental laws of physics are very likely some version of string theory or something closely related to it.
I guess it depends on which bubble one is in. The likes of Susskind and ’t Hooft seem to acknowledge that a new paradigm is needed. And it makes sense given the herculean efforts expended on the String Theory in the last 3 decades or so, with very little to show for it. Certainly the AdS/CFT correspondence and the holographic principle in general, as well as a number of other ideas that emerged from the string theory research will have to fit into the new paradigm somewhere, but probably not in any recognizable way. I’d bet 10:1 that the next significant step in fundamental physics would not be a natural extension of the string theory.
I disagree, I think the consensus in the field is that the fundamental laws of physics are very likely some version of string theory or something closely related to it. It’s not a unanimous consensus, but it is probably the majority position among academic theoretical physicists, even among academic theoretical physicists who are not specifically string theorists themselves. (I haven’t looked for surveys, I’m just guessing from personal experience.)
I guess it depends on which bubble one is in. The likes of Susskind and ’t Hooft seem to acknowledge that a new paradigm is needed. And it makes sense given the herculean efforts expended on the String Theory in the last 3 decades or so, with very little to show for it. Certainly the AdS/CFT correspondence and the holographic principle in general, as well as a number of other ideas that emerged from the string theory research will have to fit into the new paradigm somewhere, but probably not in any recognizable way. I’d bet 10:1 that the next significant step in fundamental physics would not be a natural extension of the string theory.