I'm not completely disagreeing with everything you said, but
> they should lose their jobs.
is too much.
You should also study the history of string theory and how their early days are miserable (too difficult to have a career as people denies string theory as physics.)
The correct approach would be to invest in string theory but also any other proponents of "theory of everything". The main issue today is that virtually only string theorist can make a career of being theoretical particle physicists.
The very fact is that there's no any other theories beyond the standard model that are falsifiable. If you require any theory to be falsifiable then no theoretical physicists can have a job. Not even the invention of general relativity would qualifies (remember although we can now falsify GM, it wasn't initially.)
> they should lose their jobs.
is too much.
You should also study the history of string theory and how their early days are miserable (too difficult to have a career as people denies string theory as physics.)
The correct approach would be to invest in string theory but also any other proponents of "theory of everything". The main issue today is that virtually only string theorist can make a career of being theoretical particle physicists.
The very fact is that there's no any other theories beyond the standard model that are falsifiable. If you require any theory to be falsifiable then no theoretical physicists can have a job. Not even the invention of general relativity would qualifies (remember although we can now falsify GM, it wasn't initially.)