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Physicist here.. I will not give Sabine more YouTube views, justifying clickbait titles. Below is just my opinion. There are certainly issues in theoretical physics. I think particularly string theory was a massive waste of effort in physics and to some degree illustration of failure of the whole system. Despite that most of other physics I would say in sensible shape, it is just harder to make progress given that we have to push to higher energies, more accurate measurements etc. The question whether there will be major advance in fundamental physics to some degree depends on new discoveries. Many people are pushing, but it is not guaranteed.