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Forsooth! the "reverse" in

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_mathematics

Has the same semantic value, that one may thus observe

"Sufficiently advanced mathematics is indistinguishable from engineering" -not ACC

[I'm distraught that WSmith didn't draw the symbol for "Eigen... F*ck you"]

https://youtu.be/LUuogMZ0eP8

(Healthy Imbecilic Artificial Divinity (メイ))


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「 強い、 強い、 だめ、 だめ!」

The more interesting parts of maths lie where one can reach (apparently) strong results from (apparently) weak premises: yield to the desire to start with too strong of an antecedent, and your poor technique kills your own sword/[proper frame hom into 2]: ex falso quodlibet.

(look into your sword, Y. Gradstudent Sagiri: have you detached that head clause by cutting into a principal prime ideal and a completely prime filter?)

see also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42375498