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It is not clear at all what is the problem in quantum gravity (cf. [3] or [8] for general reviews, written in the same spirit as the present one). The answers to the following questions are not known, and I believe it can do no harm to think about them before embarking in a more technical discussion.

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Alvarez, E. Quantum Gravity. In: Kowalski-Glikman, J., Amelino-Camelia, G. (eds) Planck Scale Effects in Astrophysics and Cosmology. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 669. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11377306_2

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