[Disclaimer up front: I&#x27;m a string theorist, so add grains of salt appropriately.]<p>First impression: this article&#x27;s title (and some of the phrasing within the article) feels a little misleading to me. In the conversations I&#x27;ve seen or had with Loop Quantum Gravity people, I&#x27;ve almost never seen it presented as a &quot;Theory of Everything&quot;. My impression has been that most LQG folks were proud that their work was <i>purely</i> focused on quantum gravity, without the added mess of trying to solve everything in one fell swoop.<p>Second impression: In my experience, most string theorists (certainly not all) have had no particular animosity toward LQG. It&#x27;s another theory, it&#x27;s not the one we&#x27;re personally excited about, but more power to them. Maybe the two will meet in the middle someday, maybe not. In all my years of spending time with string theorists, I only saw a few cases of outright animosity, and LQG talks were greeted with respect but skepticism by most. So I always feel weird about articles that frame this as some sort of knock-down fight. If there&#x27;s finally some hint of common ground, all the better: more tools for everybody!