I was perusing Princeton’s companion to mathematics a while back. If I recall correctly, after describing the theorems, the author states that much is written about their implications and that there is not enough room to discuss them. It seemed fair to me.

People write many things on the internet, and it is still surprising to me how they choose to do that. I wouldn’t be concerned about most of it, particularly if it is about topics I know to be deep. I for one looked into some articles on the internet at some point, Godel or not, I made the mistake of thinking that they write what they knows of.

As for godel, I’m sure you can find contemporary math/philosophers.

Another example was in grad school in mathematics. I knew one particular thing was off but I couldn’t place it. A long time has passed since. Recently I came across a note from a math professor who had spent the time to go through all books covering the subject, and explains what everyone had missed. I agreed with him.

Do you mind sharing the note?

Remarks on Stability of Time-Varying Linear Systems. In Automatic Control. It is a relatively recent published paper, and not a note as I had originally thought.

You keep insulting people without argument. (And Cosma Shalizi is anything but a shallow thinker, as even a cursory perusal of his online notebooks should make evident.)