I feel like “giving up understanding” is inevitable.
There’s some hubris in thinking we can understand everything. For truly difficult problems, it’s entirely possible that humans are simply incapable of comprehending why a solution is true. But ultimately the practical value of applying that solution to the real world is going to eclipse our need to understand it.
Math is just the beginning. I see it happening in other fields too, like physics and biology. Many of us software devs have already given up on understanding parts of our own systems for the exact same reason.
brap · · focus · HN ↗
There’s some hubris in thinking we can understand everything. For truly difficult problems, it’s entirely possible that humans are simply incapable of comprehending why a solution is true. But ultimately the practical value of applying that solution to the real world is going to eclipse our need to understand it.
Math is just the beginning. I see it happening in other fields too, like physics and biology. Many of us software devs have already given up on understanding parts of our own systems for the exact same reason.
Seems like a losing battle.
Loquebantur · · focus · HN ↗
You observe others behaving poorly and immediately succumb to defeatism, assuming there was no better way.
When presuming, all that matters was the short term economic profit, you simply use the wrong gauge.
Here, long term human survival is at stake, regressing to zoo animals isn't a sensible option.
cindyllm · · focus · HN ↗
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