IlyaShpitser comments on Academic Cliques - Less Wrong

21 Post author: ChrisHallquist 08 November 2013 04:27AM

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Comment author: IlyaShpitser 09 November 2013 11:40:42AM *  1 point [-]

Mathematicians have excellent tests for the correctness of a proof, so they rarely disagree for long.

Seemingly longstanding disagreements in quantitative fields exist, see e.g.:

http://andrewgelman.com/2009/07/05/disputes_about/

edit : this disagreement is about an actual meaningful question with an answer, not things like B vs F (which are arguments about taste, as far as I can tell).

Comment author: RichardKennaway 09 November 2013 04:44:10PM 1 point [-]

How does that dispute stand today? Is it still running, have the parties reached agreement, or are they not talking to each other?

Comment author: IlyaShpitser 09 November 2013 05:06:56PM *  1 point [-]

I will see what I can find out. My guess is there was no resolution.