We still don't fully understand why Pepto Bismol and Tylenol work.

I'm a big fan of Tao. He must be so shaken by the AI storm that he's now writing arguments that even teenagers could quickly dismiss. A sad day.

Maybe he just sees the legions of armchair experts weighing in on his (extremely notable expert) opinions on mathematics and thought that maybe they'd like a taste of their own medicine?

"Oh no! Not like that!"

- everyone with Very Strong opinions on mathematics academia when he talks about the thing they are (or consider themselves to be) experts in