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I believe the point at which the author leaps from a clear and beautiful worded explanation into deep complexity without accompanying explanation is the point a
by drdunce 5y ago
I believe the point at which the author leaps from a clear and beautiful worded explanation into deep complexity without accompanying explanation is the point at which they no longer fully understand it themselves.
Having attended many a conference and spoken to many an author, the deep bit of maths in their publication without any understanding is most often the bit you later find they copy and pasted.