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This test is the only test that I'm aware of at LHC that even hopes to touch on String Theory.


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Well, you finally admit that LHC might , at least, touch the theory of string

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Fair enough, .but not in the sense we've been talking about though.

It touches upon the mathematical foundations that String Theory is based upon but it doesn't directly directly say anything about string theory itself. Like the article states, even if the test is valid, it doesn't say anything about String Theory, merely some of the foundations that it (and several other theories) are based upon are valid.

So it touches on String Theory the way that the Standard Model touches upon String Theory: if the higgs boson is not found, SM and Strings fail. But if the Higgs boson is found, it doesn't prove that string theory is right, merely that it isn't wrong "yet".

So this passing this test may give String Theory more room to breath but that is a far cry from actually proving anything about it's validity.