A question: where does math sit in relation to the ecology of “premium mediocrity”? @vgr Are there premium mediocre math concepts? String theory seems to be a premium mediocre physics concept, striving to become a RealTheory of science. Does math have any PM analogs?
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Interesting. Catastrophe theory also a candidate.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Prove me wrong? I’m probably an easy convert. I know very little about it. Read one chapter of a text 20y ago and decided the machinery was not worth the insight payoff. Snap judgment that I never revisited.
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