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I fully agree. However here we are not talking about laymen, we are talking about people with PHDs in related or exactly this field. If they can't understand i

• aleph_minus_one 2y ago
  > However here we are not talking about laymen, we are talking about people with PHDs in related or exactly this field. In particular in mathematics, research areas are quite isolated from each other, so even for a people from a related (sometimes even from the same) field, it typically takes a very serious effort to gain the necessary knowledge to understand a proof. This is also a reason why paper reviews take so much longer in mathematics than in many other academic disciplines.
  • Voultapher 2y ago
    Genuine question, does this level of complexity lead to higher rates of mistakes, such as faulty proofs passing review? I'm asking this because in my field of expertise it's a common correlation, that the more complex and arcane a piece of code is, the lower the chance is that issues will be discovered during review. In addition the chance of issues grows superlinear with complexity, as more control flow and invariants needs to be tracked in error prone human minds.