Re: JSH: Headlines around the world

jstevh@xxxxxxx wrote:
Let's just say for the sake of argument that mathematicians just came
out and acknowledged that through accidents of history and subtlety of
some difficult concepts an erroneous group of techniques became
dominant in number theory.

That news would make headlines around the world.

In a few math journals, maybe. No one else would care.

Try an experiment: Stop a few people on the street and ask who Andrew
Wiles is. You'll get blank stares. Explain that he's the guy who proved
Fermat's Last Theorem. You'll get more blank stares. Then try to explain
what Fermat's Last Theorem is. By that time they'll be walking away,
and if you persist, they'll tell you they don't have time to listen to
such silly gibberish.

Face, it, James: Even *if* you succeeded in making one of the "major
breakthroughs" you so desperately crave, no one except the Mathematical
Establishment you despise would notice or care.

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