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The whole situation is in my opinion much more complicated. Here are some texts from the internet concerning this: David Michael Roberts - A Crisis of Identif

The whole situation is in my opinion much more complicated. Here are some texts from the internet concerning this: David Michael Roberts - A Crisis of Identification: https://inference-review.com/article/a-crisis-of-identification https://inference-review.com/article/a-crisis-of-identificat... Two Quora posts: https://www.quora.com/Did-Peter-Scholze-and-Jakob-Stix-really-find-a-serious-flaw-in-Shinichi-Mochizukis-proof-of-ABC-conjecture/answer/Xiaowei-Xu-1 https://www.quora.com/Did-Peter-Scholze-and-Jakob-Stix-reall... https://www.quora.com/What-do-you-think-about-Stix-and-Scholze-coming-out-and-saying-Mochizukis-proof-of-the-abc-conjecture-is-wrong/answer/Xiaowei-Xu-1 https://www.quora.com/What-do-you-think-about-Stix-and-Schol... Also relevant: https://thehighergeometer.wordpress.com/2019/01/18/taylor-dupuy-on-mochizukis-iutt-infamous-corollary-3-12/ https://thehighergeometer.wordpress.com/2019/01/18/taylor-du...

hyperpape 7y ago
Thanks for this. Tao’s comment made quite an impression on me, but important for outsiders like me to remember that the facts on the ground can change as time goes on.
- Koshkin 7y ago
  To quote, "To take an extreme example, if Mochizuki had carved his argument on slate in Linear A and then dropped it into the Mariana Trench, then there would be little doubt that asking about the veracity of the argument would be beside the point. The reality, however, is that this description is not so far from the truth."
  - chx 7y ago
    That's Frank Calegari's writing at https://www.galoisrepresentations.com/2017/12/17/the-abc-conjecture-has-still-not-been-proved/ https://www.galoisrepresentations.com/2017/12/17/the-abc-con... not Tao's. Tao left a comment there: https://www.galoisrepresentations.com/2017/12/17/the-abc-conjecture-has-still-not-been-proved/#comment-630 https://www.galoisrepresentations.com/2017/12/17/the-abc-con...
- kzrdude 7y ago
  Where did you see his comment?
  - chx 7y ago
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15976979 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15976979 in a comment: https://www.galoisrepresentations.com/2017/12/17/the-abc-conjecture-has-still-not-been-proved/#comment-630 https://www.galoisrepresentations.com/2017/12/17/the-abc-con...
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hyperpape 7y ago

Thanks for this. Tao’s comment made quite an impression on me, but important for outsiders like me to remember that the facts on the ground can change as time goes on.

Koshkin 7y ago
To quote, "To take an extreme example, if Mochizuki had carved his argument on slate in Linear A and then dropped it into the Mariana Trench, then there would be little doubt that asking about the veracity of the argument would be beside the point. The reality, however, is that this description is not so far from the truth."
- chx 7y ago
  That's Frank Calegari's writing at https://www.galoisrepresentations.com/2017/12/17/the-abc-conjecture-has-still-not-been-proved/ https://www.galoisrepresentations.com/2017/12/17/the-abc-con... not Tao's. Tao left a comment there: https://www.galoisrepresentations.com/2017/12/17/the-abc-conjecture-has-still-not-been-proved/#comment-630 https://www.galoisrepresentations.com/2017/12/17/the-abc-con...
kzrdude 7y ago
Where did you see his comment?
- chx 7y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15976979 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15976979 in a comment: https://www.galoisrepresentations.com/2017/12/17/the-abc-conjecture-has-still-not-been-proved/#comment-630 https://www.galoisrepresentations.com/2017/12/17/the-abc-con...
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