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> Math can be checked nearly instantaneously, so the "might" becomes inconsequential my small. Can it though? Pickovers 2013 edge response comes to mind, can h
by kuhewa 5y ago
> Math can be checked nearly instantaneously, so the "might" becomes inconsequential my small.
Can it though? Pickovers 2013 edge response comes to mind, can hundreds of pages of a proof based on axioms that require particular expertise to understand be checked instantaneously? I think it would easier to replicate the typical psychology experiment than to check the math in that case.
https://www.edge.org/response-detail/23670 https://www.edge.org/response-detail/23670
- somenewaccount1 5y agoA few edge case examples do not constitute a crisis. The point is not that 0 cases happen in mathematics, but rather that unreproducible results are not the norm, while in other sciences, it is the norm.
- kuhewa 5y agoYou might be mistaking me for someone who stated there is a math replication crisis. I replied to one specific claim