Oh I've been waiting for something like this to happen for a
  LONG LONG time now. It's controversial but necessary: Getting
  philosophers and physicists together in a room to discuss HOW to
  best consider String Theory. Is it a Science? Is it Metaphysics?
  It may be beautiful but beauty doesn't always = truth. 19th
  century had some amazingly beautiful theories involving vortexes
  and the ether that rival many formulations of string theory in
  beauty, for example. It was a necessary conference and it should
  help clarify things a little better. We've been teeter-tottering
  at a point where String Theories (and not just String theory but
  primarily) has been leaving the world of Science and has entered
  into Metaphysics yet without a label change.
  Do the definitions of Science get to change? If they do, what
  after effects would that have? If not, can these theories
  survive a label change into Metaphysics or something else? Will
  funding be available for Metaphysics?
  https://www.quantamagazine.org/20151216-physicists-and-philosophers-debate-the-boundaries-of-science/

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