TCzajka Counters Marcus: Wiles and Einstein Also Proposed Answers for Others to Verify
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-10-07
Responding to Gary Marcus's critique, TCzajka argues: by that logic, Andrew Wiles didn't truly understand number theory — he proposed an answer and had others verify it; same with Einstein and general relativity. Proposing answers for external verification, as neural nets do with symbolic verifiers, mirrors how top human science works.
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