Aside: Part of that problem is that the 'hypothesis' (hehe) is dealing with the universal structure on such a small level (sub-subparticle) and at such a fundamental level (actual structure of the time-space fabric). And we still don't have the technology to verify plain ole' varieties of sub-atomic particles - which is why the GUT is still untenable. We need superduper colliders that can accelerate particles to just shy of light speed to produce the energies that would unite fields in ways that simulate the very early universe. On top of all of this, you have, as you correctly mention, wolf359, various competing hypotheses around the general concept (which is a good thing in my science book). Finding experimental evidence for the so-called 11-dimensions (7 of them 'rolled up') is going take pure genious! On the other hand, don't get me started on ID. ID doesn't even have a valid hypothesis to test (irreducible complexity is naive and has been countered on all sides - I read Behe's book). (I know that was tongue-in-cheek, mateo) :)

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