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If math is more than proof, we need to better celebrate the rest of it

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kurthr · 1789800580 · focus · HN ↗
This goes in a necessary direction, from my personal take away of Gower's recent post on the subject.
Mathematics is suffering from Goodhart's Law:
"When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure."
1. vatsachak · 1789805866 · focus · HN ↗
  Timothy Gower
  1. kurthr · 1789835172 · focus · HN ↗
    No. It should have been Gowers' rather than Gower's.
    The link is:
    <a href="https://gowers.wordpress.com/2026/09/17/why-i-didnt-sign-the-fields-medallists-letter/" rel="nofollow">https://gowers.wordpress.com/2026/09/17/why-i-didnt-sign-the...

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