noitanigami comments on Examples in Mathematics - Less Wrong

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Comment author: noitanigami 15 December 2013 11:37:17PM 2 points [-]

Be careful about using these wide inferential steps as an example. It is much easier to see certain consequences from a model than it is to prove consequences generated by a different model. It is a much better idea to practice deriving a (possibly different) set of consequences from a result you are comfortable with. This will give you a better idea of his intellect. Leading mathematicians often seem so much farther ahead than others because they are less constrained by the paths of other people.