ChristianKl comments on The Truth About Mathematical Ability - LessWrong

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Comment author: ChristianKl 14 February 2015 12:10:30PM 4 points [-]

The way in which I operationalize the originality / interest of research is "in 50 years, what will the best mathematicians think about it?"

How good do you consider past mathematician to have been to judge further interest 50 years down the line. Do you think that 50 years ago mathematicians understood the significance of all findings made at the time that turned out to be significant?