A mind map of attempts to crack the Fermilab code. Prepared by Psychotria based on the work of many contributors.
In May 2008, we posted an unusual letter that arrived at Fermilab and asked symmetry readers to help decipher the apparent code. Quick progress revealed a decryption of the first and last sections of the code, but the middle section remains a mystery and the overall meaning is not at all clear.
However, a team of dedicated codebreakers including William Fisher, Matt79, and Psychotria are still working on the code. Between them, they have generated many approaches to deciphering it and have appeared to make progress many times only to have the attempt seem to fall apart without full resolution.
As an aid to keeping track of the progress, Psychotria prepared this mindmap of the various attempts. Perhaps some other codebreakers out there want to join the team and use this a guide to the valiant efforts so far.
