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Why is it a "bad idea" for him to post his take? I guess your concern must be that people will give it too much weight due to him being a mathematician.
by furyofantares 1y ago
Why is it a "bad idea" for him to post his take? I guess your concern must be that people will give it too much weight due to him being a mathematician.
- UncleMeat 1y agoThis is currently #1 on HN. I suspect that a lot of people will read this and decide not to look into relevant scholarship because the text here is packaged nicely and it is presented by somebody that this community (rightly) respects very deeply. In other contexts I've seen Tao cite scholarship outside of his field when engaging with it. I wish he'd done that here.
- furyofantares 1y agoCiting scholarship would be good. Personally this has only piqued my curiosity and has probably only increased the chance I look into the relevant scholarship. Do you have any links?
- bccdee 1y agoI don't think being an expert in one field means you need to constantly engage in an academic level of discourse. It's extremely normal for blog posts featuring vibes-based hot takes to hit #1 on HN. I think that's fine, if the take is good.
- fragmede 1y agoyeah but as non-experts in the field, how does HN know the take is actually good, and not just well put together and sounds really good?
- bccdee 1y agoBy exercising their judgment, I suppose. How does anyone know if any take is good? Even experts sometimes post bad takes. There's no substitute for critical reading.