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

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  1. someguynamedq · · focus · HN ↗
    The value in academics is teaching and research. The value in research is discovery. Proof was a useful function for humans to do towards discovery until recently. Understanding is a useful property insofar as it helps you teach and it is a prerequisite for generating hypothesis. Humans will always be driving discovery, the tooling and focus of work may just be a little different. Attachment to one particular modality of discovery is an aesthetic choice, not a moral one.
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