Witten Pyramid of Authority
•At each step Witten Picks & Chooses from one of many options
•Witten defines his choices as true choices
•He markets the final toy model as the true model for this stage of String Theory research.
•His disciples take Witten’s lead and publish countless commentaries on Witten’s paper
•With each commentary referring to Witten’s paper, Witten’s authority increases.
•See also Freedom of Science
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Pyramid Diagram

Toy
AdS3
AdS3 =
Anti-Desitter
with Lambda=0
Anti-DeSitter
DeSitter solution
Infinite solutions of General Relativity to choose from