Anonymous
6/19/2025, 11:51:28 AM No.16701689
A physicist I respect said he is the GOAT in terms of sheer mathematical ability. Does /sci/ agree?
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Thread 16701689 - /sci/ [Archived: 891 hours ago]
Anonymous
6/19/2025, 11:56:10 AM No.16701697
>>16701689 (OP)
Yes, assuming that is a photo of Mochizuki-sensei and not Jackie Chan
Yes, assuming that is a photo of Mochizuki-sensei and not Jackie Chan
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Anonymous
6/19/2025, 12:22:26 PM No.16701733
What has he ever doe for us? He just sits all day thinking about made up problems by following a set of arbitrary constraints to their logical conclusion.
He is not a patch on Isaac Newton, our beloved and helpful autist and progenitor of the modern world
He is not a patch on Isaac Newton, our beloved and helpful autist and progenitor of the modern world
Anonymous
6/19/2025, 12:29:59 PM No.16701738
it's surprising he admitted on friedman's podcast that he's afraid of being swallowed by big problems and that he abandons a problem if he's not made any progress after a few months
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Anonymous
6/19/2025, 2:13:28 PM No.16701877
>>16701738
This helps explain his prolificity. He looks under lampposts and doesn't get nerdsniped easily.
This helps explain his prolificity. He looks under lampposts and doesn't get nerdsniped easily.
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Anonymous
6/19/2025, 2:48:39 PM No.16701931
Grisha > Wiles > Tao
Anonymous
6/19/2025, 4:43:10 PM No.16702149
>>16701697
That's ChatGPT.
That's ChatGPT.
Anonymous
6/19/2025, 4:49:35 PM No.16702161
>>16701689 (OP)
>goat
>GOAT
>God Of All Things
This is a Free Masonic term. It is also anti-Christian, in the sense that people are the sheep not the goat. It is also illogical to say that one is the God of all things in terms of one thing, in this case mathematics. So not only is he incorrect, but he fails at basic logic.
>inb4 but maybe he didn't know what he was saying
All the more reason to think he is a fool.
>goat
>GOAT
>God Of All Things
This is a Free Masonic term. It is also anti-Christian, in the sense that people are the sheep not the goat. It is also illogical to say that one is the God of all things in terms of one thing, in this case mathematics. So not only is he incorrect, but he fails at basic logic.
>inb4 but maybe he didn't know what he was saying
All the more reason to think he is a fool.
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Anonymous
6/19/2025, 6:22:48 PM No.16702313
>>16701689 (OP)
he doesn't even know the quotient rule by heart and has to write it down.
he doesn't even know the quotient rule by heart and has to write it down.
Anonymous
6/19/2025, 7:37:47 PM No.16702456
>>16701689 (OP)
WRONG
WRONG
Anonymous
6/19/2025, 7:40:58 PM No.16702461
>>16701689 (OP)
No, the greatest mathematicians of all time were the Bogdanov bros.
No, the greatest mathematicians of all time were the Bogdanov bros.
Anonymous
6/19/2025, 10:08:19 PM No.16702640
>>16701689 (OP)
holy shit he's actually starting to look like an adult now
holy shit he's actually starting to look like an adult now
Anonymous
6/19/2025, 11:26:42 PM No.16702730
>>16701689 (OP)
He’s an AI grifter now. You can’t escape your genes. I guarantee he’s desperately hoping for some good results to come out and for him to swoop in and proof some famous problem for fame. Ala Polymath Project.
He’s an AI grifter now. You can’t escape your genes. I guarantee he’s desperately hoping for some good results to come out and for him to swoop in and proof some famous problem for fame. Ala Polymath Project.
Anonymous
6/19/2025, 11:32:00 PM No.16702740
>>16701689 (OP)
He would have to solve one of the Millenium Problems or the Twin Prime Conjecture (something along those lines) to even be in the conversation of GOAT status.
He would have to solve one of the Millenium Problems or the Twin Prime Conjecture (something along those lines) to even be in the conversation of GOAT status.
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Anonymous
6/20/2025, 6:23:52 AM No.16703037
>>16702740
There's too much luck involved in major discoveries of that kind. Hence why I refer to ability specifically.
There's too much luck involved in major discoveries of that kind. Hence why I refer to ability specifically.
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Anonymous
6/20/2025, 6:25:17 AM No.16703038
>>16701689 (OP)
No. Elon is smarter.
No. Elon is smarter.
Anonymous
6/20/2025, 3:20:51 PM No.16703333
Nah the hohol who actually solved a millenium prize problem is a goat
Anonymous
6/21/2025, 6:24:02 AM No.16704009
>>16703037
what are you even referring to? Sheer mathematical ability? What the fuck is that?
what are you even referring to? Sheer mathematical ability? What the fuck is that?
Anonymous
6/21/2025, 6:58:52 AM No.16704020
>>16701689 (OP)
Terry Tao understands his place in mathematics, and to be fair he is very good at existing in his niche. He's not the type to specialize, but he can produce reasonably advanced results in the field. Conversely because he doesn't specialize he probably wont be revered in the same way as someone like Perelman for solving one tremendously difficult problem, and I think he's ok with that.
Terry Tao understands his place in mathematics, and to be fair he is very good at existing in his niche. He's not the type to specialize, but he can produce reasonably advanced results in the field. Conversely because he doesn't specialize he probably wont be revered in the same way as someone like Perelman for solving one tremendously difficult problem, and I think he's ok with that.
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Anonymous
6/21/2025, 4:30:23 PM No.16704317
>>16701738
Sounds like a smart approach
Sounds like a smart approach
Anonymous
6/21/2025, 6:15:05 PM No.16704385
Anonymous
6/21/2025, 8:27:08 PM No.16704485
>>16704020
Get back to solving the twin prime conjecture terence
Get back to solving the twin prime conjecture terence
Anonymous
6/21/2025, 8:51:15 PM No.16704502
>>16701689 (OP)
I have no idea. Cutting edge research is by definition the domain of very small groups, if you are not in one you cant know whats being done. His research is also of zero consequences to the world, so no one can tell it apart.
If he cured cancer people would understand it without having to understand chemistry or biology. But what tao does is useless. Same as witten and others like them.
Its not like im going to read some 500 page thesis on a field of math i never heard about so for me Tao's brilliance will always be nothing more than a rumor i read about online
I have no idea. Cutting edge research is by definition the domain of very small groups, if you are not in one you cant know whats being done. His research is also of zero consequences to the world, so no one can tell it apart.
If he cured cancer people would understand it without having to understand chemistry or biology. But what tao does is useless. Same as witten and others like them.
Its not like im going to read some 500 page thesis on a field of math i never heard about so for me Tao's brilliance will always be nothing more than a rumor i read about online
Anonymous
6/21/2025, 11:36:43 PM No.16704629
>>16702161
Go back to /his or /pol
Go back to /his or /pol