in thread "Life, Intelligence, and Consciousness are NP-Complete?": An off-topic comment but important to bring up: I saw the best minds of my generation get nerdsniped for years by category theory. Complexity theory, especially after attending Charles’ talk, seems to me to be another one of these ‘highly ontological u... 3w ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 10.9 10.9 An off-topic comment (view hidden) log in to judge received 10.9 10.9
in thread "Are aesthetics really primary when seeking converts?": There's an important distinction to be made here (take it from a math major). Guys who do competition math as kids and end up in Math 55 are very odd, whereas guys who crush Calc BC in high school and grit their teeth through 4 years of proofs tend to be m... 1y ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 6.7 6.7 There's an important (view hidden) log in to judge received 6.7 6.7