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   Wisdom90 to All   
   We are only visiting the shore of mathem   
   28 May 20 12:04:33   
   
   From: d@d.d   
      
   Hello..   
      
      
   We are only visiting the shore of mathematics   
      
   I like Doron Zeilberger’s 66th Opinion:   
      
   "all what human mathematics does is apply implicit exponential-time   
   algorithms, called “heuristics” to find some trivial pebbles on the   
   shore of the (even decidable part!) of the mathematical ocean."   
      
   In short, a mathematician solves trivial problems, a mathematician with   
   a computer solves semi-trivial problems, but we are only visiting the   
   shore of mathematics.   
      
   It is very insightful. One could look at the current state of higher   
   mathematics, observe that progress is slowing and conclude that we have   
   pretty much covered the realm of useful mathematics. In truth, we have   
   maybe covered the realm of mathematics we could handle with a human   
   brain. And current computers probably can’t help us too much.   
      
   Read more here:   
      
   https://sites.math.rutgers.edu/~zeilberg/Opinion66.html   
      
      
   Thank you,   
   Amine Moulay Ramdane.   
      
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