Rumored Millennium Prize breakthroughs spark debate on academia's future in AI era
begusgasper · x · 2026-09-11
Two to three Millennium Prize problems are rumored to have been solved. The author argues academia will flourish only by returning to questions without provable answers, citing 15th-century scholar George of Trebizond, who built a career in Rome writing endless critiques of Plato in praise of Aristotle.
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