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http://golem.ph.utexas.edu/~distler/blog/archives/001505.html#c013311:
1) Lisi’s paper does not present a theory of everything.
2) Lisi’s paper makes no predictions.
3) Lisi’s paper offers no novel, sensible calculations.
4) Lisi’s paper is replete with errors, as noted by Distler et al, and it adds fermions and bosons.
5) Smolin called Lisi’s paper “fabulous” and hyped it to the media.
6) Without reading and understanding the paper, Woit gave it a lot of attention on his powerful blog, further fueling the media storm.
7) Bee, who is employed by Smolin, presented the paper as gospel, and only backtracked and reason and logic were brought to the table by others.
8) Lisi’s paper was knowingly mistitled.
9) Lisi must refrain from “ironic” lying titles in the future, so as not to confuse Fox News:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,311952,00.html: Laid-Back Surfer Dude May Be Next Einstein