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i agree. but if tao has any opinions on what will fall first or with what techniques, i would listen. tao himself says that some problems lack handholds to cli
by coderatlarge 1y ago
i agree. but if tao has any opinions on what will fall first or with what techniques, i would listen. tao himself says that some problems lack handholds to climb the sheer cliff . it would be nice to know what he views as handholds on the various problems that have them.
- srean 1y agoYou would, but then others would also come out of the woodworks claiming how wrong Tao is (or was, and I told you so). Even if that's true that's a lot of avoidable drama. These kinds of conversation works great for pushing addictive engagement but I doubt it does a lot of good.
- coderatlarge 1y agoperhaps , but having some opinions shared is also a kind of guidance for people who don’t have access to the mathematics establishment. plus, if anyone can just shrug off that type of “told you so” nonsense it surely must be tao.
- coderatlarge 1y agoas an example here is knuth speculating or expressing opinions on P=NP https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lex-fridman-podcast/id1434243584?i=1000461140793 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lex-fridman-podcast/id...