Terry Tao's thought experiment: would you trust a drug that works but you don't know why
kuza55 · x · 2026-10-11
A viral meme post: Terry Tao poses a petrifying hypothetical—if you produced a very effective drug but don't know how it works, do you trust it? Drug developers respond with a meme, implying this is exactly the industry's everyday reality.
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