Core math research lies in determining which questions to ask
tobyordoxford · x · 2026-08-23
The author emphasizes that, just as in science, much of the work in mathematics is in figuring out which question to ask. There is almost as much information in a question as in the proposition it is entertaining (a yes/no question contains one fewer bit than the proposition).
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