Researcher: Future science need not be human-comprehensible, only correct and useful
VraserX · x · 2026-10-22
An X post sparked debate by arguing that it doesn't matter if future scientific discoveries become too complex for most humans to understand — what matters is whether they're correct and useful. "The universe doesn't owe us explanations simple enough to fit inside our biological brains," a stance that echoes the broader AI-era tension between human comprehension and accelerating knowledge.
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