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jlev1 3 days ago

Agreed, this is the real takeaway for those who think it’s unsurprising: they simply haven’t understood why it is surprising.

jlarocco 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Definitely!

My understanding of knot theory is limited to having watched a few YouTube videos and reading the first introductory chapters of a book. A neat topic, but not one I'm going to dig too deeply into.

nenenejej 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

If that is the case the counterexample is the sort of thing a stubborn cynical and amateur mathematician (and programmer) may have found.