I didn't read the article because it's on scribd and I haven't installed flash on the new system yet. But the headline sounds a bit too dramatic. We've been us

I didn't read the article because it's on scribd and I haven't installed flash on the new system yet. But the headline sounds a bit too dramatic. We've been using and expanding applied mathematics for thousands of years. A proof of P=NP will not retro-actively make Roman aqueducts collapse, let alone destroy the infrastructure we're all using day-to-day. Which in turn means that whatever flawed assumptions have been made (and there's plenty of gray space to be found), the field of mathematics will not be destroyed. QED. (Don't I feel smug). [edit : I clicked on the scribd link initially but have now saved the PDF link for tomorrow's reading]