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ifetherealtoday at 8:22 PM1 replyview on HN

Maybe an analogy of "why not solve all medical problems at once" is closer.

We absolutely want to, of course. But you extinguish an industry and the systems of training that supply it. It's hard to know if letting it go that way is right.


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anthonypasqtoday at 9:18 PM

methinks mathematicians may have a warped perception of their own importance.