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I mean 95% of a proof is not a proof, and the fact that we got 95% of the way there isn't necessarily an indication that we'll ever get there. There's also a big difference between publishing a mostly-done proof as such and publishing a proof as complete only to retract later.

There's a lot to hate about the academic world, but the solution isn't spewing out terabytes of crappy half-baked results.

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