Evidence atlas says mathematics has meta-science, but not representative defect rates
RexDouglass · x · 2026-07-27
- The author says the existing meta-science on mathematics looks like any other field: there is no math exceptionalism.
- The quoted evidence says authors do not consistently share replication materials, reviewers sometimes rely on vibes, and published errors are common.
- The attached evidence table emphasizes that the literature is split across peer review, audit studies, reproducibility, formal verification, trust/epistemology, and AI evaluation.
- A key takeaway is that mathematics has substantial empirical work on how mathematicians read, judge, trust, explain, write, and discover, but still very little representative measurement of how often published main theorems contain material defects.
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