Why I didn’t sign the Fields medallists’ letter
baruchel
42 points
7 comments
September 17, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (3 comments)
railgunmerlin
notably on terry tao's (who has signed) blog but not from tao (guest post from timothy gowers)
fhdkweig
More discussion (95 comments) at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49738091
kingstnap
Just note that Terry Tao is on the letter. This is a guest post. https://mathandai.org/