Quote: Abandoning Mathematics Just as It Becomes an Engine of Discovery Would Be a Contradiction
TinfoilTricorn · x · 2026-11-07
Quoting rookepoole: humanity has spent thousands of years developing mathematics to understand what is possible, and it would be a remarkable contradiction to abandon that pursuit precisely when mathematics begins giving us extraordinary new instruments of discovery — a brief philosophical take reflecting ongoing debate about math's role in the AI era.
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