Why can't they find out why no one has done anything interesting in theoretical physics in 50 years?
This stuff is lame in 2025.
If you want mind-expandingly interesting theoretical physics, give the Wolfram Physics Project[1] a look. It is a refreshingly different look at fundamental physics, and one that is perhaps more familiar to a computer scientist's perspective than, say, quantum mechanics.
Maybe review the last 25 years? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_fundamental_physic...