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Why do we need human mathematicians anymore?

293 points · 384 comments · auggierose

  1. scared_together · · focus · HN ↗
    > OBSERVATION: There are zero examples of any intelligent species which is vastly more capable than another species, yet surrenders decision-making control over its own future to the less-capable species.

    Does the set of intelligent species only have one member? I cannot treat this observation as a general rule if there is literally one example of an intelligent species to theorize about.

    1. philipwhiuk · · focus · HN ↗
      I agree.. I felt a bit blindsided that the guy would start with saying "we need provable statements" and then just throw this in there.

      For guest post on Tao's blog, after a decent start this fell short of expectations rather rapidly.

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