Public objection ledger
The sharpest objections, tracked.
A ledger, not a brochure: every recurring objection with its answer status, where it is addressed, and whether anything stays open. The full answers live in the hostile-referee FAQ; disagreements belong in the issue tracker.
The ledger
Objection · status · where · still open?
Each row links to where the objection is addressed in depth. Status is honest: most are answered, the parameter question is conditional on the declared layer, and the residual is genuinely open.
| Objection | Short answer | Status | Where | Still open? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Is this just E₈ unification again? | No. In TFPT, E₈ is the unimodular audit / compiler hull that classifies the admissible discrete charge and residue structures — not an unbroken physical gauge group. | Answered | FAQ · Paper 1 | No |
| Where does experimental input enter? | Into the comparison rows, not the construction. | Answered | FAQ · Verification | No |
| What is actually fitted? | In the closed branch: nothing. | Conditional | FAQ · Open gates | Conditional layer (declared) |
| Couldn't all the integer coincidences be numerology? | The discipline rule is: every load-bearing number must appear in at least one E₈ branching projection, which turns the number stock into a falsifiable raster. | Answered | FAQ · Verification | No (null model ≤ 10⁻³⁰·⁷) |
| What would kill the theory fastest? | Any one of: the α fixed-point equation F_U(1)(α) = 0 failing or admitting a second admissible root; a robust neutron-EDM signal (θ_eff = 0 is structural); the discovery of a second light seam-even… | Answered | Falsification | By design |
| What is still open? | The live residual is three named interfaces: v_geo — the single dimensionful scale anchor (the same nature as 1/G; the quark ratios are already closed, only the absolute amplitude remains); G_net —… | Open | Open gates · Research contracts | Yes — 3 named interfaces |
| Why call α⁻¹ a prediction at 1.9σ from CODATA? | α⁻¹ = 137.0359992168 is the unique positive root of a parameter-free cubic with proven existence and uniqueness — it is a fixed point, not a fit. | Answered | FAQ · α comparator | No |