I think of the closing to an essay by Martin Gardner on once mainstream scientific theories, eugenics, Freudism, etc. Which is when evidence is weak then scientific theory tends to exactly match scientists cultural biases.
With string theory there is no evidence to work off. To me it feels like with nothing better to do everyone in the field is just trying to out math everyone else.
Using "math" as an abbreviation for the noun mathematics always grates a little for us Brits (not that we'd say anything), but as a verb it totally works, I math, you math, he/she maths ...
And yet, despite all that annoyance for the ways Americans use the language, a significant number of French derived words are butchered on that side of the pond (e.g. lieutenant).
With string theory there is no evidence to work off. To me it feels like with nothing better to do everyone in the field is just trying to out math everyone else.