alt Hacker NewsThis is like saying a sculpture always existed, the sculptor just had to remove the superfluous material.
Or like a musical octave has only 12 semitones, so all music is just a selection from a finite set that already existed.
Sure the insane computation we're throwing at this changes our perspective, but still there is an important distinction.
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paulddraper • yesterday at 9:29 PM
The difference is that math answers (can answer) specific questions.
Like, "does the Riemann zeta function have zeroes that don't have real part 1/2," or "is there a better solution to the Erdős Unit Distance Problem."
The selection of question is matter of taste, but once selected, there is a definitive precise answer.
Bob Ross would like a word. He frequently talked about objects or features already existing, and using the tools at his disposal to “find” them.