[beezdotcom]

Sometimes the mathematics and the physics get out of phase (which seems to be happening now); but I trust that that will be taken care of in the future.

I, too, share the same 'faith' that string theory will turn out to be more than an interesting diversion. (Hmm. There's that pesky word again...)

[snarks_when_bored]

beez, most of ordinary life is based on what Santayana called 'animal faith'. Far be it from me to deny the obvious. However, scientists are (or ought to be) ultimately willing to over-throw their pet theories if evidence and argument convince them that they're mistaken. The key is to come up with theories capable of being mistaken (Popperian falsifiability)! Science does this almost all of the time; religion, I'm afraid, never does.