Researcher defends confidence in a proof he never read, calling his method 'extraordinarily robust'
yeastsplainer · x · 2026-10-09
Mathematician Elliot Glazer responds to critics who fault him for expressing great confidence in a proof he has not read, that is far outside his expertise, and that no expert claims to have understood end-to-end. He says his methods for reaching such conclusions have proven robust. The retweeter argues that confidence paired with detail-detachment is the future of expert work.