Hm, but I'm not sure I understand your point. Are you saying that Kafka is a counterexample to the need for external motivation? It's true that some of his best-known work was only published only after his death (which…
I know that it was self-deprecating, but that doesn't redeem it much to me. I also still find it pretty contradictory/ironic because he wrote A Course of Pure Mathematics when he was in his early thirties.
> Forgive me if I have no sympathy for current mathematicians who think this way. It's a pretty ugly kind of arrogance. Thankfully, very few mathematicians share Hardy's opinion, just as very few share his opinion that…
> At a minimum a discussion like this should acknowledge the possibility that the current rate of AI progress continues apace. But the post does do this: "[...] even if their capacity becomes far superior, there will…
> it is not as if knowledge once understood remains difficult What do you mean by this? Once a person has understood something, it may no longer be difficult for them, but it can certainly still be difficult for those…
I was pointing out that your original comment (before you edited it to just say "ok") did not properly represent the claims of this paper. I am not making any claims about mathematicians as a collective group, because…
What do you mean by "the social aspects of math" here? Even some of the earliest known mathematical texts (like the Rhind Papyrus) contain evidence of a social aspect of math. And certainly mathematical discussions…
I don't think that's an accurate summary of what this paper or its abstract actually claim.
Really nice article, thanks for writing it! I recently dabbled in some of this in connection with modding a game and there encountered the hierarchy you describe of mips, tiles, blocks and texels, so very relatable.…
Hm, but I'm not sure I understand your point. Are you saying that Kafka is a counterexample to the need for external motivation? It's true that some of his best-known work was only published only after his death (which…
I know that it was self-deprecating, but that doesn't redeem it much to me. I also still find it pretty contradictory/ironic because he wrote A Course of Pure Mathematics when he was in his early thirties.
> Forgive me if I have no sympathy for current mathematicians who think this way. It's a pretty ugly kind of arrogance. Thankfully, very few mathematicians share Hardy's opinion, just as very few share his opinion that…
> At a minimum a discussion like this should acknowledge the possibility that the current rate of AI progress continues apace. But the post does do this: "[...] even if their capacity becomes far superior, there will…
> it is not as if knowledge once understood remains difficult What do you mean by this? Once a person has understood something, it may no longer be difficult for them, but it can certainly still be difficult for those…
I was pointing out that your original comment (before you edited it to just say "ok") did not properly represent the claims of this paper. I am not making any claims about mathematicians as a collective group, because…
What do you mean by "the social aspects of math" here? Even some of the earliest known mathematical texts (like the Rhind Papyrus) contain evidence of a social aspect of math. And certainly mathematical discussions…
I don't think that's an accurate summary of what this paper or its abstract actually claim.
Really nice article, thanks for writing it! I recently dabbled in some of this in connection with modding a game and there encountered the hierarchy you describe of mips, tiles, blocks and texels, so very relatable.…