String theorys second life

Reposting this link that I found in the comments section from the previous time this article was submitted:

http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=8778

> String theory has so far failed to live up to its promise

(emphasis mine)

How long should we wait? There should be a Samuel Beckett adaptation...

Valdimir: "Should we start work on some other theories?"

Estragon: "Yes let's"

(They continue adding dimensions to make their predictionless theories internally-consistent)