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Yeah, there is no consensus on quantum gravity. There are competing theories, none of which have any viable path to test.
Here's the abstract from a paper from last year at https://arxiv.org/pdf/gr-qc/0601043 (PDF, unfortunately):
Edit: That said, the paper does address this. They cover a variety of QG theories and try to address the fundamental requirements any theory must meet.
It's over my head, personally.