data point: i just read the beginning of hardy's Divergent Series and he takes potshots at other mathematicians for not being rigorous enough that i find hilarious and endearing might be just because modern mathematical writing is so dry in comparisonhttps://twitter.com/paulg/status/1175704450092212224 …
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Replying to @QiaochuYuan
It does seem like the pendulum of rigor was pushed too far in the 19th century reaction to unrigorous analysis. Also related to the current fetishization of “maximum generality” in some fields.
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Replying to @Januzellij
it's probably all bourbaki's fault
12:13 PM - 22 Sep 2019
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