>>21
Relativity theory is totally unrelated to this "having to be right" issue you're angry about. This makes no sense at all.
>>23
"misogeny" (you've also used this word in another thread)? What does that mean? "misogyny" is totally unrelated.
>>24
I admit that my mind is addled with certain unprovable beliefs, but that doesn't cripple my quality as a physicist. Speculating about random things in one's spare time is a common activity. However, this is far from what the profession is about.
The "hugely expensive toys" you complain about are used for experiments, which generate the EVIDENCE you keep requesting. We need moar data to better determine how the universe operates. If the data disagrees with theory, then the theorists need to create a new model that fits the data.
Until that happens, theorists try to extract as much information as possible from the current model. For instance, we have already established that the standard model and GR are incompatible, so at least one and probably both are wrong. For things like string theory, most of the time is currently spent establishing the underlying mathematical framework. Once that is done, one can search for internal inconsistencies as well as to find experimentally detectable differences from GR or standard model. You can call theory "religious texts", but we're willing to toss/edit them when the experiments disagree.