Alex Nelson
@pqnelson.bsky.social
Mathematician, software engineer. Obsessed with everything about proof assistants.
AMS Subject Class.: 68V15, 68V20, 20Exx.
AMS Subject Class.: 68V15, 68V20, 20Exx.
I'd link to the document directly, but the University of Montpellier has decided not to allow that...for some reason...
November 22, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I'd link to the document directly, but the University of Montpellier has decided not to allow that...for some reason...
"The first and wisest of them all professed
To know this only, that he nothing knew."
To know this only, that he nothing knew."
November 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
"The first and wisest of them all professed
To know this only, that he nothing knew."
To know this only, that he nothing knew."
November 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The difficulty I think I was facing was that I failed to identify *who* my audience actually was, and threw everyone into one big bucket.
(Although that's like, what, a dozen people in all three audiences? So, perhaps not *that* big a bucket...)
(Although that's like, what, a dozen people in all three audiences? So, perhaps not *that* big a bucket...)
November 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The difficulty I think I was facing was that I failed to identify *who* my audience actually was, and threw everyone into one big bucket.
(Although that's like, what, a dozen people in all three audiences? So, perhaps not *that* big a bucket...)
(Although that's like, what, a dozen people in all three audiences? So, perhaps not *that* big a bucket...)
Reposted by Alex Nelson
Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc
I emailed him, just before his passing, what motivated him to come up with Metamath. He wrote a detailed response, and a follow-up to confirm a few things.
November 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I emailed him, just before his passing, what motivated him to come up with Metamath. He wrote a detailed response, and a follow-up to confirm a few things.
--- Allen U. Kennington's "Differential Geometry Reconstructed", very last statement in the 2560 page book.
November 1, 2025 at 12:32 AM
--- Allen U. Kennington's "Differential Geometry Reconstructed", very last statement in the 2560 page book.
"But some day, the penny will drop, the chickens will come home to roost, the sheep will be separated from the goats, the wheat will be separated from the chaff, the cows will come home, and there'll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover. Just you wait and see!"
November 1, 2025 at 12:32 AM
"But some day, the penny will drop, the chickens will come home to roost, the sheep will be separated from the goats, the wheat will be separated from the chaff, the cows will come home, and there'll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover. Just you wait and see!"