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Comment by Alien1Being

Tao's central point seems to be:

"In short, the indiscriminate use of powerful solution-extraction tools can achieve the immediate short-term goal of solving problems at hand, but at the cost of sustaining the ecosystem for the next wave of progress, or in understanding the progress already obtained. "

I am no mathematician, may have misunderstood his point and would be delighted to receive any corrections.

parent Alien1Being 1 month ago

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