Researcher's Life Work on Navier-Stokes Reportedly Blown Up by a Single Blogpost
airkatakana · x · 2026-09-20
An AI-community drama anecdote is circulating: a scientist who personally worked on Navier-Stokes had his life's work, per airkatakana, forcibly blown up by a single blogpost. The claim has sparked debate about academic scooping and retaliation, with Beff Jezos chiming in on the thread.
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