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==Status==

M-theory is not complete, and the mathematics of the approach are not yet well understood. M-theory is a theory of quantum gravity; and as all others it has not gained experimental evidence that would confirm its validity.<ref name=atlantic/> SomeIt physicistsalso aredoes skepticalnot thatsingle thisout approachour willobservable leaduniverse toas abeing physicalspecial, theoryand describingso ourdoes world,not dueaim to itspredict lackfrom offirst predictiveprinciples power.<refeverything name="Smolin_Response">[[Leewe Smolin]],can Aprilmeasure 2007:[https://webabout it.archive.org/web/20130621085800/http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/joep/links/on-some-criticisms-of-string-theory/lee-smolins-response Response to review of ''The Trouble with Physics''] by [[Joe Polchinski]].</ref>

Nevertheless, some physicists are drawn to M-theory because of its degree of uniqueness and rich set of mathematical properties, triggering the hope that it may describe our world within a single framework.