Math beef is mainstream news now, and mathematicians are 'blowing it'

ctjlewis · x · 2026-09-10

The author marvels that feuds between mathematicians over the Hodge conjecture and Navier-Stokes are now mainstream news — the first time ordinary people care this much about math — joking that mathematicians are squandering their newfound rockstar status, unlike the chess world.

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