Do you accept
- Moshe Y. Vardi [1]
- Anil Nerode [2]
- Donald Knuth [3]
to be credible? Source for the statements that they consider P=NP to be possible: [4]
And you may include me in the list of credible P=NP believers because treat myself as a credible authority, i.e. when I ask myself whether something is right, I consider myself to be much more credible than some famous scientist. ;-)
(to be very clear: the previous paragraph is rather a clear statement against this kind of "hero worship" with respect to mathematical or scientific problems. One should consider the evidence by oneself instead of believing in P!=NP because lots of computer scientists claim all the time that this is likely true, or consider P=NP now to be possible just because some famous computer scientists consider it to be possible)
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moshe_Vardi&oldid...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anil_Nerode&oldid...
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Knuth&oldi...
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=P_versus_NP_probl...
That sounds particularly relevant in how AI-assisted/driven mathematical research is changing the game, where previous assumptions based on human experience/effort are being overturned unexpectedly.