gjm comments on [LINK] Forty Years of String Theory: Reflecting on the Foundations - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gjm 24 December 2012 02:10:40AM 0 points [-]

Typo alert: not "t'Hooft" but "'t Hooft".

Motl is ... not exactly immune to charges of crackpottery himself.

Comment author: mapnoterritory 24 December 2012 09:33:53AM *  0 points [-]

Gosh, thanks, fixed it... I know I'm not the first to screw this up, but still...

Yes, Motl has to be handled with lot's of care, though usually as far as physics goes I find him alright (unlike say climate change and a bunch of other stuff). His tone can be off-putting, but I see him still as a useful contrarian in some areas and generally an interesting case study of an extremely bright person with some strange opinions and a very... interesting personality (to put it mildly).