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Postdoc at Radboud University, previously at University of Nottingham, working on type theory. PhD from University of Birmingham. Mathematician, computer […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mathstodon.xyz/@de_Jong_Tom, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
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@de-Jong-Tom.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gyI grew up in a world that was far more racist, homophobic and generally intolerant than the world today, living under the spectre of nuclear annihilation. The Internet has been a great tool for the stupid to band together and spread their stupid but I still think the world is better than back then.
Show PostConcordes were definitely useful. But they were too expensive to operate compared to the price customers were willing to pay. They weren't commercially viable and eventually disappeared. 2/2
Show PostShort version: ⓐ progress in math ≡ progress in human understanding (NOT problem solving); ⓑ such progress can only be brought by asking interesting questions; ⓒ such questions can only be found by (human) learning a problem, thinking hard and ideally getting stuck; …
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