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>> Though the proof has not undergone a rigorous peer review, experts expressed no concern over whether it would survive a critical look. Such is people's conf

>> Though the proof has not undergone a rigorous peer review, experts expressed no concern over whether it would survive a critical look. Such is people's confidence in Terence Tao - not unfounded by any means - but the result has not been peer reviewed yet. Tim Gowers has said that they'll be conservative in their review process [0] so any errors will probably be picked up quickly. [0] https://gowers.wordpress.com/2015/09/10/discrete-analysis-an-arxiv-overlay-journal/ https://gowers.wordpress.com/2015/09/10/discrete-analysis-an...

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niels_olson 11y ago
Any use of the word "conservative" outside a quantitative comparison should at least be disregarded and at most set off alarm bells that a deceit is underway. In no case should you draw any further conclusions about the outcome based on some presumed directionality of such a qualitative modifier. "Conservative compared to what?"
- monochromatic 11y ago
  ... what?