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matmcinn@nuscc.nus.sg (Brett McInnes) writes:
[a nice series of summaries of positions]
>[John Baez]
>He has pointed out, and will point out again, that no solutions are
>known, at least in 4 dimensions. Some progress has, however, been made
>with 2-dimensional astrology.

Let me contribute:
Matt Austern on astrology:
He is uncomfortable with its lack of a secure mathematical underpinning,
but is willing to overlook this if the phenomenology turns out OK.

Scott Chase on astrology:
He is trying to figure out whether it can arise from minimal sensible
modifications to the Standard Model Lagrangian.

Ben Weiner on astrology:
He is trying to get the noise out of his data; as a result, he is
uncertain of its value by a factor of 2.