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m0llusk • yesterday at 11:22 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

That is not how math works. There are reasons why the Riemann integral is pervasive and the Labague integral is rarely used unless needed. Just because you can do something does not mean that you should.


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satvikpendem • today at 12:50 AM

> Just because you can do something does not mean that you should.

Again, strange viewpoint in the field of mathematics of all places, unlike, say, economics where doing something one shouldn't has disastrous real world consequences. Until it's discovered and proven, one doesn't know what would be valuable and what would not. I bet your sentence would not be said about humans trying to solve problems, no one would tell them they "shouldn't."