An Answer Can Be Right, Wrong and . . .

Posted from Royal Oak, Michigan--

Solving problems is guess work until one finally attains the correct solution. 

The older I get, the more I realize that in many situations there are many solutions with varying degrees of correctness.  Things get even more confusing when, to our chagrin, not everyone agrees on what is correct. 

Scientists spend their careers formulating hypotheses, testing them and evaluating the results.  I'm told they classify results in three categories:  right (multiple possibilities) , wrong (even more possibilities) and "not even wrong."

The latter phrase is featured in Peter Woit's recent book, Not Even Wrong:  The Failure of String Theory And the Search for Unity in Physical Law.