I remember hearing Garret Lisi's TED talk on the E8 ToE (link below) years ago and hoping that components of the theory would eventually come to light through advances in particle physics research. Has anyone heard anything supportive or to the contrary since?

TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/garrett_lisi_on_his_theory_of_ever...

Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/0711.0770

Edit I remember seeing an update from him two years ago where he addresses some of the criticism: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-status-of-Garrett-Lisis-E8...