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groundzeros2015yesterday at 4:28 PM1 replyview on HN

They care about if it’s true. But the role of the formal proof is a kind of spell checker or static analysis after they have the idea.


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j16sdizyesterday at 4:50 PM

> They care about if it’s true.

Not always.

If it is NOT true, they sometimes simply play "what if" and construct a new system where it could be true.

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