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> It would be very useful to have an oracle tells us whether or not RH is correct. For what? Which product becomes better if it is correct?
by Jensson 1mo ago
> It would be very useful to have an oracle tells us whether or not RH is correct.
For what? Which product becomes better if it is correct?
- czgov 1mo agoYou have an unfortunate view of the value of knowledge. The frontiers of science would be static if everyone believed as you do.
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- Jensson 1mo agoThe whole point why anyone cares about these proofs is that the things we learn as we make the proof might add value, proving p = np itself isn't interesting, that knowledge has no application and therefore no value in itself. I have published mathematics so I do value knowledge, but for most of mathematics the value of the knowledge isn't the thing you try to prove it is all the things you learn as you try to prove it. p = np is one such thing. So the whole interesting bit about it is the proof, not the fact.
- czgov 1mo agoYou are wrong as far as most mathematicians believe. The fact is important. The proof of the fundamental theorem of algebra is interesting and important but the theorem itself is also important. For what? Which product becomes better if it is correct? This sentiment is anti-thetical to the whole point of pure math and theoretical science. No product became better when Euler proved the fundamental theorem of algebra.
- customguy 1mo agoSomeone claimed it would be "useful", without saying what for. Hence the questions "what for?". To try to shame people for that question in the name of science of all things is wild.
- czgov 1mo agoWhich product becomes better if it is correct? Tying the worthiness of theoretical knowledge to the whether or not it improves a product is asinine in my opinion.
- customguy 1mo agoI generally[0] agree, but IMO that should be taken up with https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49369458 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49369458 more than with people who ask for examples for that claim. [0] and am only adding that "generally" because I can think of examples where I'd disagree, e.g. a kid that wants to count all stars in the night sky before it has dinner would just starve and then not be able to count stars, either.