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==Status==

M-theory is not complete, but the underlying structure of the mathematics has been established and is in agreement with all the string theories. Furthermore, it has passed many tests of internal mathematical consistency.

Until some way is found to observe the yet hypothetical higher dimensions, which are needed for consistency reasons, M-theory has a very difficult time making predictions that can be tested in a laboratory.{{Citation needed|date=December 2011}} Technologically, it may never be possible for it to be experimentally confirmed.{{Citation needed|date=December 2011}}

Some [[cosmologists]] are drawn to M-theory because of its mathematical elegance and relative simplicity. Physicist and author [[Michio Kaku]] has remarked that M-theory may present us with a "[[Theory of Everything]]" which is so concise that its underlying formula would fit on a T-shirt.<ref>