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Are you aware that a huge percentage of accepted math proofs have errors in them? https://lamport.azurewebsites.net/tla/proof-statistics.html https://lamport.az
by amw-zero 5y ago
Are you aware that a huge percentage of accepted math proofs have errors in them? https://lamport.azurewebsites.net/tla/proof-statistics.html https://lamport.azurewebsites.net/tla/proof-statistics.html.
The worm at the core of all formal verification is that we mistakenly believe that a result is absolutely correct because formal logic was employed. Logic can be subtly wrong, even though the argument appears correct. The very act of using logic does not imply actual correctness.
This is not a dismissal of the field - just a warning. There are many mistakes that can still be made when formally
specifying and verifying. To believe otherwise is pure hubris.
- YeGoblynQueenne 5y agoSorry for not replying. I don't feel comfortable replying to comments that begin with turns of phrase like "are you aware", as in your comment or "do you realise" etc. I find this style of conversation coercive and adversarial and it puts my back up, and I don't want to have internet conversations where I'm made to feel that way.