Comment by wartywhoa23
1 day ago
> Some of my colleagues believe that this is a nefarious Company, whose only goal is profit, if necessary at our community’s expense. Perhaps there is some truth to this
> I do not blame the Company for getting there first. Who got there first is an irrelevant detail, a historical footnote
Oh, such a noble mathematician, he's so above the questions of moral, Truth is all that matters.
Almost as much as a paycheck from the Company.
what point are you trying to make?
The point seems obvious: a trillion dollar company is able to buy a lot of opinion makers.
but why are they bringing it up? Do they think the writer of this article is bought somehow?
I mean, this gets to the heart of the is mathematics invented or discovered question. It seems like maybe you haven't thought about this before but his point seems to be, if this sort of machinery does exist, it can be discovered. It has now been discovered, it was waiting for us the whole time, who was the first to find it doesn't matter. I'm not sure what you're implying either. Should there be forbidden math? How is that not silly?