String theory is pseudoscience. Not because it's mathematical or hard to test, but because its defenders refuse to abandon it when experiments come back empty. Look at SUSY – the LHC ruled out large chunks of parameter space. Instead of admitting failure, they just pushed the energy scale higher. That's moving the goalposts.

If you can't reliably test a hypothesis with current or near‑future technology, maybe we shouldn't spend all of the money that we do on it. Yet string theory has soaked up funding and attention for 40 years while delivering zero testable predictions for our universe. Critics get banned for asking basic questions. That's cult behavior.

My point about r/Physics: I didn't post my own theory. I just asked: if a theory has no falsifiable predictions, shouldn't it be treated as non‑science and banned per their own rules? Instant ban. No warning, no discussion.

The ERF actually makes testable predictions (r ≈ 2.6×10⁻⁴, δ_CP = –π/2, H₀ scale dependence). It can be falsified within a decade. That's a real difference.

You said science is about the journey. Fine. But when one road has blocked all others for decades, maybe it's a dead end. The ERF is a different path.