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Re:Terence Tao: Math 2.0 [pdf]
on Sunday October 11, 2026 @02:56PM (#50046577)
Lots of problems in mathematics didn’t have solutions just a month ago.
Re:Terence Tao: Math 2.0 [pdf]
on Sunday October 11, 2026 @02:55PM (#50046560)
Serious question asking for a serious answer: would you say any of this so confidently if “drug discovery” is the next “mathematics”?
Re:Terence Tao: Math 2.0 [pdf]
on Sunday October 11, 2026 @02:52PM (#50046516)
The irony of what you said and how you said it is glaring.
Re:Terence Tao: Math 2.0 [pdf]
on Sunday October 11, 2026 @02:50PM (#50046496)
The complete lack of empathy in this kind of “we hear you” pseudorationalist reasoning is pretty toxic.
> This is what the late stages of scarcity feels like.
Late stage of scarcity of what and for whom is the question.