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Re:Ask HN: Is physics moving forward? by elektromekatron on Friday July 17, 2015 @12:51PM (#9903639)
Given your perspective, what do you make of stuff like Umbral Moonshine http://arxiv.org/abs/1204.2779 and ER=EPR http://arxiv.org/abs/1306.0533 ?
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Re:Ask HN: Is physics moving forward? by ISL on Friday July 17, 2015 @03:59PM (#9904928)
In both cases, I'd be out of my professional depth to make any definitive statements about either paper. My expertise is much closer to experiment.

Maldecena and Susskind are both well regarded and accomplished.

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