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I just wanted to point out that's is not a theoretical possibility, but actual ground breaking work did look sketchy as hell. The "The nice thing about math is
by 1ris 9y ago
I just wanted to point out that's is not a theoretical possibility, but actual ground breaking work did look sketchy as hell.
The "The nice thing about math is that sooner or later the truth comes out" bothers me. The knowlege in Archimedes palimpsest was lost so long the eventually doesn't seem to be much comfort.
- abecedarius 9y agoGrassman was another more recent example, though obviously we can't now find recent examples that will lie dormant for millennia...
- interstitial 9y agoWhen we trust Academia to write their own history books, the theme is always "sooner or later the truth comes out."