> While t Hooft is a genius, this particular work of his is not taken very seriously by most researchers. As I wrote: this work is controversial. For a very po

> While t Hooft is a genius, this particular work of his is not taken very seriously by most researchers. As I wrote: this work is controversial. For a very positive review, see for example > https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/PT.3.3629 https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/PT.3.3629 According to 't Hooft himself (source: https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.4.20170711a/full/ https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.4.2017071...) "The response [by fellow researchers] has been very mixed. Many other researchers are clearly very skeptical. They should be, because there are important unanswered questions. Others have expressed their interest and support. What concerns me is that I haven’t yet found colleagues who completely understand my approach. And also, of course, I don’t know what they say behind my back.".