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rramadasstoday at 5:59 AM1 replyview on HN

If the Lean initial-problem-setup/statements/assumptions/etc. aren't correct then the proof is meaningless. Lean does not know what it is that it is proving i.e. it does not have any semantic understanding but only executes formal logic.

Humans need to verify everything.


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phtriviertoday at 7:16 AM

Also, and sorry if it's been discussed to death (pointers welcome), but, what is the probability that the proof holds in lean becaude of... A bug in lean ?

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