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The current credit system for mathematical achievements will likely collapse.
Drawn from what Timothy Gowers said
What Timothy Gowers actually said
- Timothy Gowers British mathematician; Fields Medal 1998
Very soon, the whole "credit system" will surely collapse, since finding an amazing proof will be no more of an intellectual achievement than when a citizen scientist spots through their telescope an object that turns out to be a new comet.
Where this was said
↗Gowers's Webloggowers.wordpress.com
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