Tao: proofs verified by Lean but incomprehensible to humans shouldn't be published
SoloGen · x · 2026-09-03
A debate on machine-verified mathematics: one side argues mathematical truth is already fixed by axioms and logic, so machine proofs merely inform us; the other insists science is a human activity about understanding, not just filling a knowledge graph. The thread cites Terence Tao's recent stance that Lean-verified proofs incomprehensible to humans shouldn't be published, with the poster torn on the question.
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