Terence Tao: Math 2.0 [pdf]
- ID
- 34308
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 11 Oct 2026, 9:16 PM
- Fetched
- 12 Oct 2026, 4:34 AM
- Provider
- Hacker News
- Category
- dev-community
- Original URL
- https://teorth.github.io/tao-web/slides/math-2-0-caltech-2026.pdf
- Source URL
- https://hnrss.org/best
Summary
- Score
- 3.0
- Created
- 12 Oct 2026, 4:35 AM
- Tags
- Audience
- developers
What happened
This HN submission points to a PDF of slides titled "Math 2.0" hosted at teorth.github.io, attributed in the title to Terence Tao and dated as a Caltech 2026 talk. The fetched content is raw PDF binary (compressed object streams, no extractable text), so no arguments, claims, numbers, or conclusions from the slides can be verified from this source. The only concrete signal is the discussion thread: 204 points and 247 comments.
Why it matters
You cannot extract anything actionable from this item as supplied — the body is PDF binary, so any claim about what the slides argue would be invention. The one thing you can decide on is process: when a 247-comment thread sits on top of an unreadable primary source, either open the PDF yourself before repeating the thread's framing, or skip it for the segment. If you want to cover it, budget time to read the slides directly rather than summarizing from the title.
Discussion angle
A 247-comment thread formed around a primary source that didn't even parse as text — worth a short live check: how often does the room form opinions from a headline plus comments, and what's a quick habit for confirming the source before repeating a take?