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1. 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. lacedeconstruct · 1789804787 · focus · HN ↗

      Doing something difficult was a signal that you:

      a- understood it and all the background information it requires

      b- internalized techniques and methods that are helpful in problem solving in general

      Now it just means nothing

      1. Razengan · 1789809343 · focus · HN ↗

         > Now it just means nothing

         Now it means we can move on to other difficult shit.

         1. busyant · 1789824211 · focus · HN ↗

            And what would that be?

            1. Razengan · 1789830352 · focus · HN ↗

               Have you seen the night sky, outside a city?

               1. jplusequalt · 1789840791 · focus · HN ↗

                  Space colonization will never happen.

                  1. Razengan · 1789843644 · focus · HN ↗

                     People like you will always happen.

                     1. jplusequalt · 1789869084 · focus · HN ↗

                        People who understand the vast gulf of technological advancements (some bordering on fantasy) between what we currently have, and what needs to exist for it to happen?

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