It's the E.P. Wigner thing in the first link, it's a famous essay and a bit of an HN evergreen, along with a related Hamming piece: https://hn.algolia.com/?dat

It's the E.P. Wigner thing in the first link, it's a famous essay and a bit of an HN evergreen, along with a related Hamming piece: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=unreasonable%20effectiveness%20of%20mathematics%20comments%3E5&sort=byPopularity&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... it's also a meme-ish title thing, sort of like 'considered harmful' https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=unreasonable%20effectiveness%20comments%3E5&sort=byPopularity&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...