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Re:“Math 2.0” will need to value mathematical progress more ... by andyfilms1 on Thursday October 08, 2026 @09:32AM (#50005625)
I was working on a project recently where I wanted to express a relationship (that I knew existed, but didn't know how to express) between four measured scalar values. Astra insisted there was no relationship, and that any correlation wouldn't make sense.

Eventually, by walking through them, it proposed an additional fifth value and from there was able to tie everything together.

Sometimes you just gotta hit the machine until it works again.

Re:“Math 2.0” will need to value mathematical progress more ... by epistasis on Thursday October 08, 2026 @09:59AM (#50005898)
Your experience mirrors so many managers' experience with engineering teams...
Re:“Math 2.0” will need to value mathematical progress more ... by andyfilms1 on Thursday October 08, 2026 @10:14AM (#50006062)
It's an unfortunate truth that there is the right way to do things, and then there is the way they have to be...