Confronting Impossible Futures
Mathematical intuition is so banal, simple, and stupid, that you need a lot of self-confidence not to throw it in the trash. When you’re no longer a child, you have only one wish, and that’s to reduce your false intuitions to silence. That’s what almost happened to me when I thought I had to get rid of my stupid ideas and parasitical thoughts.
David Bessis • Mathematica
These bedazzled methods fall under the category that Futurist Ilkka Tuomi labels as Epistemic Uncertainty , and the argument goes something like this:
However, as Tuomi astutely... See more
“I’m unsure about the answer to this problem, but I can solve it by gathering more data. Once I gather more data related to the problem, I will be able to devise a solution.”
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