alt Hacker News> on advice of mathematicians
Whom? Did they create their own board of mathematicians that would agree with them? See below Terence Tao's blog, sharing a statement from the Association for Human Mathematics.
https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/10/07/ahm-statement-on-o...
Who am I to dump on Terence Tao, but
> Mathematicians have a particular vision of progress that is informed by history and field-specific considerations.
really sounds like something a side-quest association would produce in a panic response to someone trying something different. It's just an _ad hominem_ and gatekeeping argument.