I think the article and quotes have over-sensationalised a piece of maths. The top comment here on HN does not recognise the 'trivial' point that I have made,

I think the article and quotes have over-sensationalised a piece of maths. The top comment here on HN does not recognise the 'trivial' point that I have made, hence the need to point it out. And, the "most mathematicians would have assumed..." quote is probably false.