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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A Math PhD will eventually make a simple arithmetic mistake if you ask them to do enough problems.

Which is why we don't designate a single Math PhD as a definitive source for all mathematical wisdom.

That doesn’t invalidate more difficult proofs

If I'm handed a proof with a simple arithmetic mistake in the logic, that absolutely invalidates it

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But you didn't say that. You said you can't trust something that makes basic mistakes. Humans make them all the time. You can't trust any human?

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Beginning to think I'm arguing with a bot

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

You said

Imagine a calculator that reported "1+1=3". It seems silly to use such a machine to do long division.

Every single person alive has made silly addition mistakes. Is it silly to trust those people with long division?

[–] uid0gid0@lemmy.world 1 points 7 minutes ago

Oh great, the bots are now sea lions.