Comment by cubefox
4 hours ago
There is a long and interesting recent essay on that topic by a mathematician: https://davidbessis.substack.com/p/the-fall-of-the-theorem-e...
4 hours ago
There is a long and interesting recent essay on that topic by a mathematician: https://davidbessis.substack.com/p/the-fall-of-the-theorem-e...
Thank you for sharing, that was one of the most insightful long form pieces I've read in a long time! And the writing was enjoyable to read even as a math layperson.
I was going to say you should submit it but I saw you did a few days ago but it only got a few votes... If Dang sees this IMO it would be extremely deserving of the second chance pool as I wouldn't be surprised to see easily jump to the front page with a different roll of the dice.
> The measure of our success is whether what we do enables people to understand and think more clearly and effectively about mathematics.
I just wanted to highlight this very correct human-centric thought about the purpose of intellection.
wow, that was indeed a brilliant essay. i particularly liked the framing that "solving a big conjecture was a cryptographic proof that you had come up with a genuine conceptual innovation".