String Theory
topic on 2 shows · 3 statements across 2 episodes
the Y Combinator Startup Podcast 
20VC
3 statements about String Theory, every show
Hsu: A PhD in string theory is the most useless degree
“It's really sort of the most useless topic you can probably get your PhD in.”
Leonard Susskind: String theory became mainstream despite its radical origins
“Which is extremely mainstream, you'll notice.
[571] Podcast Host: Which is super mainstream, yeah.
[572] Leonard Susskind: But it wasn't when we started it.
[574] Podcast Host: Correct.
[575] Podcast Host: Well that's where the idea, right.
[576] SPEAKER_02: R…”
Susskind: String theory cannot describe real particles without modification
“We know that the formal, by formal I mean mathematically rigorous structure that string theory became, it became a mathematical structure of great rigor and consistency that It, in itself, as it is, cannot describe the real world of particles. It has to be mod…”